CONGRESSWOMAN
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
Record-Breaking Achievements * Leadership for
the Struggle Ahead
VOTE NOVEMBER 7
DEMOCRAT FOR
DELEGATE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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NORTON FIGHTS FOR THE VOTE - BUT
PRODUCED MORE WITHOUT A VOTE THAN MOST MEMBERS 0F CONGRESS WHO HAVE IT!
TWICE AS MANY NORTON MEASURES BECAME LAW THIS
CONGRESS, MAKING TIER ONE OF THE TOP LEGISLATORS IN THE HOUSE. . .
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- S.E. Federal Center Act * Breakthrough revenue-producing development of 55 acres that
will transform neighborhoods on both sides of the Anacostia
- Tuition Access Act * 3000 students already funded in public colleges nationwide and
private colleges in D.C. and the region
- UDC Annual Funding * First annual HBCU funding for UDC in its history - increases yearly
- New York Avenue Metro * $25 million in federal funds to anchor economic development in
the New York Avenue corridor
- D.C. General it $90 million in budget authority to help save our ailing hospital
- $5000 Homebuyer Credit Extended
- Statutory Home Rule Powers Restored * Repeal of Faircloth provision returned governing
powers of Mayor and Council
- The Norton Victories Keep Coming * $4.4 million to reimburse MPD for 1MF/World Bank
Protests * Carter G. Woodson Home Historic Site Designation * House Passage of D.C.
Commemorative Quarter * $3.4 million for Ward 8 Poplar Point
NORTON'S DETERMINED LEADERSHIP NOW MORE THAN
EVER!
- FULL VOTE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, FREEDOM FROM CONGRESSIONAL
MEDDLING, AND STATEHOOD
- HERE'S HOW TO BEGIN...
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- Full Congressional Voting Rights * D.C. representation in the House and Senate or relief
from federal income taxes until voting rights are granted
- Virtual Statehood * Until D.C. qualifies for full statehood, allow D.C.'s budget and
laws to take effect without prior congressional approval
- Delegate House Floor Vote * Return the vote on the House floor Norton won for D.C. in
1993
- Commuter Tax Credit * Transfer 2% of the taxes commuters already pay to the federal
government to D.C.
"Ms. Norton . . . continues to make the most of her voteless membership in
Congress, earning valuable respect of colleagues on both sides of the aisle and using it
to press for economic development and other progress in the District." —
Washington Post Editorial Endorsement, October 28, 2000
CITIZENS FOR ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
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