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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.