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DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton still fighting for district’s statehood
Eleanor Holmes Norton pounds her fist in frustration over her role as a non-voting member of the US Congress. She has endured this second-class status for 20 years. “I’m like any other Representative in the House, or I should say a delegate. The only difference is, I don’t have the…
5 Questions for: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Raw Story caught up to Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) shortly before a rally by Democrats from the District of Columbia calling for their community to become an independent state, New Columbia to talk about not only that issue but her run-in with House Republicans regarding her exclusion from testimony…
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