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It was April 2007. House of Representatives A bill is being debated to increase the size of the house from 435 members to 437 members. Utah will receive additional seats. The District of Columbia will secure seats on the floor of the house.
Washington, DC is not a state. Since 1991, Del of DD.C. Eleanor Holmes Norton, DD.C. He has been the city’s Congressional no-vote representative. Although she was unable to vote on the bill on DC, Norton was still in debate, which was a debate on the bill.
Then rep. R-Calif. David Dreier asked Norton during her speech on the floor, “The gentleman will surrender”, trying to use edge edendwise.
Dreier had a better chance to get a messy driver to succumb to him on the entrance ramp at 405, rather than Norton granting him a moment to bother her.
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“I won’t surrender, sir!” Norton shouted, staring at Dreyer in the house room. “The District of Columbia has spent 206 years surrendering (the one who rejected their votes! I didn’t surrender to you! My time!
Dreier’s elaboration is Norton’s signature. powerful. Fearless. Passionate.
Whether you recognize her politics or not, Norton has always been the loudest voice of the people of Washington, D.C., and it’s an amazing 18 term.
Del of DD.C. Eleanor Holmes Norton, once one of the capital’s loudest and most relentless defenders, has made a significant silence on the recent issue of autonomy rights in the region. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But Norton, 88, is silent now. Perhaps in the most dangerous period of autonomy District of Columbia Within fifty years.
President Trump has deployed hundreds of National Guard and federal agents on the streets of Washington this week – effectively putting local controls on police officers.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) speaks out loud against the intervention.
“These numbers don’t justify this action. We’ve seen a sharp drop in crime in this city,” Ball said. “Especially violent crime.”
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DC lacks senators because it is not a state. Therefore, other local lawmakers brag.
“I’m very worried. The president is showing all his authoritarian tendencies,” said D-MD Senator Chris Van Hollen. “The president decided to compare the actual crimes in the District of Columbia last year to essentially bring the DC Police Federation.”
Even Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) embraced DC’s plight.
“The president is not interested in stopping and resolving this public health issue known as gun violence. He pointed his fingers in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other cities,” Scott said. “If the president is worried and really wants to work with the city, he will strengthen his strategies that are already working on the scene, rather than trying to militarize police and law enforcement for unwanted situations.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser, DD.C. Have spoken outright against federal intervention in its constituency. (Getty Image)
But Norton is largely invisible.
Her office issued a sample statement on Wednesday. It announced: “President Trump made a serious mistake on multiple levels by taking over MPD and deploying DC National Guard No Washington, DC has reached an agreement. “Norton argued that the president “inadvertently made #DCStatehood the most powerful case.”
Norton’s accompanying photos aren’t even the latest. It depicts Norton in a winter shawl – barely seasonal seasonal baking Washington in mid-August.
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Norton’s office rejected multiple requests for interviews this week. Norton staff also rejected a gunman who murdered Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a student at Amherst University in Massachusetts after a gunman died earlier this summer. However, the assistant does provide the statement.
Norton spoke on the floor of the house in mid-June for the last time.
“Residents have no voting representatives in Congress, and Congress has a final say in local DC matters,” Norton said at the time.
Earlier this year, questions about whether Norton could complete the job began to spin.

When asked whether the 88-year-old deputies should seek another term, DC Council President Phil Mendelson called Norton “a warrior on the mountain.” (Evelyn Hockstein/Washington Post via Getty Images)
A reporter asked DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) in June about the representatives’ 19th term next year.
“Congresswoman Norton has always been a good representative of the region. She has always been a fighter on the hill,” Mendelson said.
Bowser also directly answered Norton’s questions in Spring.
“I’m really focused on making sure our cities are stable economically and politically and stably, and I think there’s time to talk about elections and I don’t choose to do that right now,” Ball said.
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In July, a reporter asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.) without mentioning Norton, if “every member of the Democratic Caucus is suitable for mental and physical service?”
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“This is not the discussion we currently have with individual members who are going to make decisions about their future,” Jeffries replied. “This is what I expect these decisions will be based on the conclusions of members, in the best interests of the community, who are fortunate to represent themselves—and themselves, their families and what they value, and we defend the values we have on behalf of the American people.”

Elderly politicians are the Democratic Party’s long-term albatross. Three – Recently, the late Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA. – Inaugurated in this Congress only. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The problems of older politicians continue to confuse the Democrats.
Kinny Zalesne is the former Ministry of Justice Officials run for Norton’s seat in 2026.
“If I were the representative, I would be broadcasting DC on 24/7 TV and explain the truth about what happened in our city and the truth about the excessive government,” Zalesne told Fox.
In June, Norton told a group of Capitol Hill reporters that she plans to run again next year. But within a few hours, her office dialed back and said Norton hadn’t completed her decision.
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Voters in Washington, D.C. will complete their decision in the midterm elections. The reason why Norton is relatively quiet only stimulates speculation and speculation, which is a driving force behind what happened to former President Biden’s other Democratic lawmakers.
DC did not vote on the floor of the house. But it does have voices in Congress. Now, silence is deafening.

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