(Source: Eleanor Holmes Norton) Norton Defies Unproductive Congress with Bills Enacted, Statehood Breakthroughs; Checkmated Anti-Home-Rule Riders; Perfect Score on Judges Confirmed; More Economic Development Projects; and D.C. Funding Despite Budget Cuts Introduction: Unafraid of the Coming Republican Congress Next year marks 25 years since Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was elected to Congress. She has spent only eight of those years in a House controlled by Democrats. Yet during those years she has found ways to work closely not only with fellow Democrats, but with Republicans, such as former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and House Oversight and Government Reform...
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