Bowser’s Hill Testimony Over D.C. Police Bill Was Civil
• May 18, 2023

The corridor in front of the large Congressional hearing room on the first floor of the Longworth Office Building was packed by 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, with news […]

D.C. Renaming Proposals Scrutinized
• September 3, 2020

In its analysis, the DCFACES Working Group “reviewed the namesake legacy of 153 assets, including schools, residential housing, streets, neighborhoods, parks, recreation centers, libraries and monuments.”

House Bill on D.C. Statehood Likely to Pass
• June 25, 2020

Proposed by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the bill, H.R.51, to be discussed and voted on tomorrow, would declare the city a new state, named “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.”

D.C. Statehood Passes Committee: Now on to the House
• February 12, 2020

The bill, H.R.5803, introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), is supported by 233 sponsors, a historic high number.

Bowser, D.C. Officials Make Compelling Statehood Pitch to Congress
• September 23, 2019

Proposed by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the legislation would shrink the District — the official seat of the federal government — to two square miles.