Posts Tagged ‘Eleanor Holmes Norton’
Drinks Smackdown! Norton vs. Colbert
Word on the Truthiness Beat is that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has challenged Stephen Colbert to down a shot of the lethal Norton’s Revenge, to be served to those truly courageous enough to knock back its brutal liquid force at The Passenger’s official happy hour event for the March to Keep Fear Alive.
From 3pm-7pm [...]
Free HIV Testing Today, Rep. Norton to Get Tested
‘HIV Test at 12th and Locust Streets’
courtesy of ‘techfun’
Without a doubt, HIV is a huge problem in the District. Huge. The rate of infection is nearly 10 times (that is TEN times) the national average. DC’s sole member of Congress, Rep. Holmes Norton (D-DC), has always made HIV awareness and prevention an important topic and [...]
Rep. Norton Praises Nobel Award
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courtesy of ‘Ghost_Bear’
DC’s sole member of Congress, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, issued a press release today remarking on the President’s surprise Nobel Peace Prize award this morning, saying “Obama Redeems Diplomatic Leadership and Re-Establishes America on World Stage” as a result of the award.
The world is abuzz right now over this award and whether it [...]
Rep. Norton, Residents Discuss Health Care Despite Lack of Vote
Photo courtesy of Karl Johnson
DC residents: You have no vote in the House of Representatives. You have no vote in the Senate. You have no official say on how the health care insurance system will be reformed. You are second class citizens, according to Congress, because you live in the home of the federal government. [...]
A Conversation with Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton, courtesy of Tom Bridge
This weekend, DC bloggers from DCist, Greater Greater Washington and We Love DC, amongst others, got a chance to sit down with DC’s Delegate to the Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton this past weekend and talk about DC Voting Rights, the recent support for Gay Marriage among the DC Council, [...]
