Norton Highlights the Cruel Irony of D.C. Appropriations Bill, Including Many Anti-Home Rule Riders, Released on Emancipation Day
April 16, 2026
April 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release:
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Norton Highlights the Cruel Irony of D.C. Appropriations Bill, Including Many Anti-Home Rule Riders, Released on Emancipation Day
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"On the very day we celebrate Emancipation Day, marking the day President Lincoln freed 3,100 enslaved people in D.C., the first in the country, House Republicans have chosen to remind us that Congress c . . .
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Norton Highlights the Cruel Irony of D.C. Appropriations Bill, Including Many Anti-Home Rule Riders, Released on Emancipation Day
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"On the very day we celebrate Emancipation Day, marking the day President Lincoln freed 3,100 enslaved people in D.C., the first in the country, House Republicans have chosen to remind us that Congress c . . .