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In 2008, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, signed into law by President George W. Bush, replaced the position of Resident Representative with a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The election of the first delegate took place in November 2008.
An Act to establish a Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia and to provide for a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. Enacted by: the 91st United States Congress: Effective: September 22, 1970: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 91–405: Statutes at Large: 84 Stat. 845 ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of March 5, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the lone voice in Congress for Washington, D.C. since 1991. And as the sole federal representation for the capital city, she has made granting statehood for the ...
2022 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia [11] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) 174,238 : 86.54 : Republican: Nelson Rimensnyder 11,701 5.81 DC Statehood Green: Natale Stracuzzi 9,867 4.90 Libertarian: Bruce Major 4,003 1.99 Write-in: 1,521 0.76 Total valid votes 201,330 97 ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton, a nonvoting delegate who represents the city in Congress, called the GOP measure “anti-democratic rhetoric.” ... Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC), at her office on ...
This bill would still have added two additional seats to the House of Representatives, one for the District of Columbia and a second for Utah. The bill passed two committee hearings before finally being incorporated into a second bill of the same name. [46] The new bill passed the full House of Representatives in a vote of 214 to 177. [47]
The shadow senator emulates the role of representing the district in the Senate and pushes for statehood alongside the non-voting House delegate and shadow representatives. [5] The district has held 11 shadow senator elections.