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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Member of Congress
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Education
B.A., Antioch College (1960); M.A. in American Studies, Yale University (1963); LL.B., Yale Law School (1964)
Career History
Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
First woman to lead the EEOC, appointed by President Jimmy Carter. Issued first federal regulations defining sexual harassment as sex discrimination.
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Taught law at Georgetown; now Professor Emerita. Co-launched the Free South Africa Movement during her tenure.
Assistant Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Defended First Amendment and civil liberties cases at the ACLU.
Law Clerk, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Clerked for the U.S. District Court judge and civil rights legal pioneer.
Chair, New York City Commission on Human Rights
Appointed by Mayor John Lindsay; led the city human rights enforcement agency.
Civil Rights Organizer, SNCC
Organized with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during Mississippi Freedom Summer.
Recent Legislation
H.R. 5070
· Sponsor
Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act
Aug 29, 2025
H.Res. 446
· Sponsor
Recognizing on Memorial Day, May 29, 2023, the denial of full participation in their Government through statehood by active duty servicemembers, National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families who are residents of the District of Columbia.
May 25, 2023
H.Res. 445
· Sponsor
Calling on the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
May 25, 2023
H.Res. 402
· Sponsor
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Justices of the Supreme Court should make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, or should promulgate their own code of conduct.
May 15, 2023
H.Res. 378
· Sponsor
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the Federal workforce.
May 9, 2023
Committee Assignments
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District of Columbia(DC)
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Muriel Bowser
Justitia Omnibus
Home to all three branches of government but with less representation than any state. DC residents pay federal taxes but have no senators and only a non-voting House delegate. "Taxation without representation" isn't just history here—it's on the license plates.
Capital
Washington
Population
679K
2024 Turnout
63.6%
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Electoral Votes
3