With the federal individual health insurance mandate disappearing in January, D.C. is one of a number of jurisdictions that has worked to instate a local mandate.

She met last week with representatives of the Freemasons, who are supportive of the District’s efforts to take down the statue.

The congresswoman is one of the subjects of a new Amazon TV series about gender discrimination in the workplace, which she says comes at exactly the right time for weary women.

Despite yesterday’s vociferous protest and a meeting inside the office of new Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton lost her vote as the House of Representatives voted to approve new procedural rules this afternoon. The new House Republican majority passed the package of regulations for the 112th Congress this afternoon 225-188, a party-line vote. Norton had previously been permitted to vote on matters in the Committee of the Whole,…

When I interviewed Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in September, I asked her what her biggest challenge was. She responded, “I’ve been able to things done, even when Republicans [control the Congress]. You’ve got to say “how can I deal with them? I may have to deal with them again.” Well, she’ll certainly have to deal with a lot more Republicans during the next session of Congress — and she’ll have to deal with them without a vote on the floor of the House.