It’s been a rough week for Dan Snyder and the Washington football team so far.

>> D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s plans to hold a “major Katrina anniversary hearing in New Orleans” on Aug. 27 fell apart due to congressional vacation schedules. A new date for the hearings has not been set. [City Desk] >> Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) died unexpectedly Tuesday night in Alexandria from a pulmonary embolism. As we mentioned earlier, Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) also passed away last night unexpectedly, reportedly from natural causes, in…

Two weeks into the D.C. smoking ban, and we’ve got news, both good and bad, to report. Smoking Bans are Fleeting: This month’s issue of The Atlantic brings us news that will be music to the ears of the District’s disgruntled smokers. According to the magazine, smoking bans have a long and rich history — and are usually overturned. Whether Pope Urban VIII’s proclamation of a worldwide smoking ban in 1624 or Adolf Hitler’s German…