Politics
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the leading candidate for Washington’s non-voting congressional seat, has no plans to drop out of the race despite disclosures she and her husband filed no local income tax returns from 1982 to 1989, an aide said Sunday.
Sept. 10, 1990
House Democrats decided Tuesday to give Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and representatives of four U.S. territories a vote on the House floor starting in January.
Dec. 9, 1992
World & Nation
District of Columbia leaders vowed Wednesday to press the next Congress to give the city’s residents full representation in the House or freedom from federal income taxes.
Oct. 19, 2000
Vice President Kamala Harris visited a vaccination site at Giant Supermarket in Washington on Thursday with D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Feb. 25, 2021
More than 300 District of Columbia residents--who pay federal taxes yet have no voice in Congress--traded in their car license plates for new ones that will take that message on the road--literally.
Nov. 5, 2000
Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign has appointed a campaign pro with local Washington connections as its political director.
April 17, 1999
Fast and Furious: Democrats, Republicans disagree on new report
Sept. 20, 2012
The House approves a bill to end the district’s disenfranchisement on Capitol Hill.
April 20, 2007
California
Two major San Diego universities will graduate nearly 9,000 students this weekend in ceremonies scheduled today and Sunday.
May 24, 1986
Political novice Sharon Pratt-Dixon assumed command Tuesday in the Democratic primary to nominate a successor to Mayor Marion Barry, and the Rev.
Sept. 12, 1990