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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Eleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. Representative - DC · District of Columbia · D
Snapshot
Bills sponsored
5
Bills cosponsored
115
Total votes cast
1,708
Last 120 votes
14Y · 99N
News mentions
2
Eleanor Holmes Norton has served as the nonvoting Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia since January 3, 1991, making her one of the longest-serving members of Congress. Born on June 13, 1937, in Washington, D.C., Norton was a civil rights activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) before becoming the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under President Jimmy Carter in 1977. At the EEOC, she issued the first federal regulations defining sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination. She later served as a professor at Georgetown University Law Center from 1982 until becoming Professor Emerita. In Congress, Norton has been the foremost champion of D.C. statehood, introducing the Washington, D.C. Admission Act every session and securing its first-ever passage in the House in June 2020 and again in April 2021. In January 2026, at age 88, she filed paperwork to end her reelection campaign, signaling retirement after 18 terms.
Voting history

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Topics & Events

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Recent bills sponsored & cosponsored

Bills & legislation

H.R.8731 · 2026 · Sponsored
Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026
In Committee
H.R.8663 · 2026 · Sponsored
Fair Pay Act of 2026
In Committee
H.Res.1244 · 2026 · Sponsored
Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2026, as "D.C. Statehood Day".
In Committee
H.R.8420 · 2026 · Sponsored
Veterans Legal Support Act of 2026
In Committee
H.Res.1180 · 2026 · Sponsored
Recognizing the enduring cultural and historical significance of emancipation in the Nation's capital on the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which established the "first freed" on April 16, 1862, and celebrating passage of the District of Columbia statehood bill in the House of Representatives.
In Committee
H.R.8868 · 2026 · Cosponsored
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold each year, and for other purposes.
In Committee
H.R.8860 · 2026 · Cosponsored
To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance prosecution of corporate crime.
In Committee
H.Res.1292 · 2026 · Cosponsored
To acknowledge the Black Women Best framework to empower and improve life for all through guaranteed income, expanding child and income tax credit, increasing access to equitable health care and government assistance, prohibiting policing in schools, and prioritizing restorative justice.
In Committee
H.Res.1285 · 2026 · Cosponsored
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.
In Committee
H.R.8811 · 2026 · Cosponsored
To address maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders, and for other purposes.
In Committee
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