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Eleanor Norton's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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  • "I am horrified by the Supreme Court's draft order," Norton said. "Congress must immediately codify the right to abortion in federal law. The draft order is also a reminder to the country that D.C.'s lack of statehood means D.C. is subject to the whims of Congress. Republicans have repeatedly used D.C. to try to impose policies they cannot or do not have the support to impose nationally. A future Republican Congress may try to ban abortion in D.C., thinking they can get away with it because it would only apply to D.C. residents. They are wrong. We will never allow that to happen." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs makes it even more urgent that we grant statehood to D.C., and protect the rights of D.C. residents to make decisions about their own bodies, futures and livelihoods," Norton said. "Statehood is the best way for D.C. to protect abortion access for its residents and to prevent Republicans from enacting prohibitions on reproductive health care." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 3755: "Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 8297: "Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic--the nation's most acute health care crisis in the last century--now more than ever, we must ensure that families and older adults are equipped with the health coverage they need. Medicare is one of the most popular and foundational federal programs in the United States. You have previously expressed commitments to expanding Medicare eligibility, improving its benefits package, and empowering Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. As part of the American Families Plan, we respectfully request that you fulfill your commitment to expand and improve Medicare" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Madam Speaker, Americans famously complain about taxes. Who can then blame residents of the District of Columbia, where 40 percent claim the SALT deduction, among the largest number of taxpayers in the country? By allowing at least a $10,000 deduction, the 2017 Republican tax law concedes that it imposes double taxation. The Republican tax law was particularly nefarious because it virtually targeted blue states, whose top taxes support values like funding for local public education. We cannot, of course, protect Americans from taxes, but ever since the passage of the Federal income tax law in 1913, we have protected them from being taxed on dollars already taxed by State and local governments. The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act ensures that wisdom." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The wisdom of the bipartisan, modest, targeted business tax incentives for D.C. has been amply and visibly demonstrated in the economic resurgence of parts of the nation's capital where they were utilized. Among the most visible examples are the formerly rundown area around Capital One Arena, which is now surrounded by offices, restaurants and vibrant nightlife, and the Penn Quarter neighborhood, which had limited residential, commercial and retail spaces, and is now a popular mixed-use neighborhood." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 5377 "Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to Speaker Pelosi: "The SALT cap is terrible tax policy: it upends a long tradition of fiscal federalism; it erodes incentives for home ownership and charitable contributions; it seeks to punish and defund state and local governments that pursue progressive policies, and it imposes a significant marriage penalty. Furthermore, the impact of this tax hike has not been random. It was deliberately aimed at districts like ours, where voters have chosen to fund with their taxes better schools, health care, transit, parks, and social services. Many of us earned the trust of voters last year because we promised to do everything in our power to restore the SALT deduction. The Democratic House majority would be far smaller and possibly non-existent if not for the promise we made. It is time to keep that promise. H.R. 5377 offers a balanced, fiscally responsible way to do so." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "My bill would fix this discrepancy by requiring the IRS to publicly disclose any filed Form 8976 upon request, thus allowing the public to know which organizations operate under 501(c)(4), as they do with organizations that operate under 501(c)(3). In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which allows unlimited expenditures in political campaigns by these ``social welfare'' organizations, greater transparency is needed." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 1 "For the People Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by Common Cause. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "It's been one year since George Floyd was murdered, and we still don't have the police reform the nation needs. We must come together to honor #GeorgeFloyd's memory and to prevent more tragedies." (x.com)
  • "It’s been two weeks since @HouseDemocrats passed the George Floyd #JusticeInPolicing Act. Now it’s time for the Senate to do its job and follow suit. #ForThePeople" (x.com)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 1280: "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 7120: "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" (votesmart.org)
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  • "Eleanor knows the importance of a strong infrastructure, both in the District, and nationally. That's why she supports substantive, long-term funding of infrastructure programs in a bipartisan bill." (www.eleanorfordc.com)
  • "The INVEST in America Act is an unprecedented investment in our infrastructure, providing a 54 percent increase over the current level," Norton said. "The bill reauthorizes for another 10 years special federal funding Metro receives for capital improvements and, importantly, increases the authorized funding level each year until it reaches $200 million." Metro, which has been receiving $150 million per year, is particularly important for transportation in D.C. and even more so as climate change compels less reliance on cars." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The wisdom of the bipartisan, modest, targeted business tax incentives for D.C. has been amply and visibly demonstrated in the economic resurgence of parts of the nation's capital where they were utilized. Among the most visible examples are the formerly rundown area around Capital One Arena, which is now surrounded by offices, restaurants and vibrant nightlife, and the Penn Quarter neighborhood, which had limited residential, commercial and retail spaces, and is now a popular mixed-use neighborhood." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "This progress has been made even while the United States is trying to defeat COVID-19. As chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, I was particularly pleased to hear the President emphasize infrastructure, making goods move faster and cheaper, because this can only add to the historic job creation record he has achieved." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "In addition to developing new sites, Eleanor’s work to bring unused land to gainful use is helping D.C. make up for lost space due to the Heights Act. The federal Heights Act is important too because it protects our historic Mall sites that stimulate the city’s tourist economy, D.C.’s record highest source of revenue. Developing unused land without building is bringing millions of dollars in revenue for the D.C. government and a new set of thriving businesses, housing and park land for D.C. residents." (www.eleanorfordc.com)
  • "The Guild apartment complex is the most recent building completed in the revitalized Navy Yard neighborhood, which is a key mixed-use development project in the Capital Riverfront neighborhood, authorized by Norton's bill, the Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106--407). Norton wrote this unique legislation, launching a new direction in federal land use to benefit the District, as well as the federal government, which allowed private-sector development of federal land for the first time. She has since spread a similar approach to several areas across the District, including the Wharf and NoMa, which are providing new revenue, jobs, and economic development for the District. "The Southeast redevelopment project, now called the Capital Riverfront, has been a boon to local businesses, residents and the District itself," Norton said. "New housing, jobs, and amenities at the Capital Riverfront continues to transform the District with the Guild apartments as the latest example at Navy Yard." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "This is because the largest corporations and the highest income Americans will pay their fair share, are not rewarded for shipping jobs and profits overseas, and will have more difficulty avoiding IRS compliance. Moreover, 17 Nobel Prize-winning economists say the bill's investments enhance productive participation in our economy and ease the long-term inflation pressure that is the frontline concern of Americans today." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 7688 "Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "Canceling student debt is one of the most powerful ways to address racial and economic equity issues. The student loan system mirrors many of the inequalities that plague American society and widens the racial wealth gap.10 Black students in particular borrow more to attend college, borrow more often while they are in school, and have a harder time paying their debt off than their white peers.11 They are more than three times as likely to go into default within four years on their federal loans as white borrowers12– and face wage garnishment, tax refund withholding, and federal benefit offsets.13 While Latino borrowers often have lower loan balances than their white peers, they are more likely to struggle in repaying their loans, and have some of the lowest post-education earnings among all racial or ethnic groups." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Republicans have introduced a bill to impose a slew of voting restrictions, including on who, how, when, and where -- in DC, where residents have no voting representation in Congress. Irony run amuck. I’ll defeat this bill." (x.com)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 4: "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by Common Cause. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The House today passed @POTUS’s #BuildBackBetter Act, which contains many victories for DC, including on prescription drugs, child care, and climate." (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by American Energy Alliance. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "During your State of the Union address, you called for decisive action on clean energy and climate change. We were encouraged to hear you discuss how families will save an average of $500 per year on their energy costs through investments and tax credits. With your support, urging Congressional leaders to move forward with these climate provisions would mark the largest climate investment in our nation's history, setting the United States on course to meet our 50-52% greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2030, while creating millions of good paying union jobs, reducing energy costs for consumers, advancing environmental justice, investing in climate resilient housing and community infrastructure, and strengthening our economy." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to Speaker Pelosi: "The clean energy industry, which includes renewable energy, clean vehicles, energy efficiency, and energy storage, is an integral and broad part of the American economy. Before the current crisis, this sector employed 3.4 million people, two thirds of whom worked at companies with less than 20 employees. These were blue-collar and white-collar jobs in every state of the country. Over the past five years, this sector grew at a rate that is 70% higher than the national average, particularly in states such as California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by League of Conservation Voters (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by American Energy Alliance. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior: "We write to express our serious concerns in response to the Notice of Intent issued April 20, 2018 to initiate a planning process for oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We strongly oppose fossil fuel development on these internationally significant public wildlands. We urge you to halt this rushed approach your department is taking to this environmental review in favor of a measured, science-driven effort that provides for robust public input and full involvemet of the American people, including the Alaska Natives who will be significantly and negatively impacted by development. A planning process conducted in accordance with federal law will make clear that drilling on the Coastal Plain will cause irreparable harm to the wildlife, wilderness, recreational opportunities, and subsistence resources the Arctic Refuge was established to protect." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I have spent the past eight years defeating annual attempts by House and Senate Republicans to eliminate the District's local gun violence prevention laws," Norton said. "Yesterday, the House passed historic legislation that will help combat gun violence in the District and across the country. The background check bill keeps people who should not have guns from purchasing them. While the District mandates universal background checks under local law, surrounding states do not, allowing illegal guns to flood some of the District's neighborhoods." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Republicans in the House and Senate have repeatedly tried to overturn D.C.'s common-sense gun violence prevention laws, including in this Congress," Norton said. "It is clear that there is a common denominator in the mass shootings that occur over and over in America: assault weapons. Until D.C. has statehood, D.C.'s laws, including its ban on assault weapons, are subject to the whims of Congress, and they are at serious risk if Republicans take over Congress next year." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 1808 "Assault Weapons Ban of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Gun Owners of America (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic--the nation's most acute health care crisis in the last century--now more than ever, we must ensure that families and older adults are equipped with the health coverage they need. Medicare is one of the most popular and foundational federal programs in the United States. You have previously expressed commitments to expanding Medicare eligibility, improving its benefits package, and empowering Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. As part of the American Families Plan, we respectfully request that you fulfill your commitment to expand and improve Medicare" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "It's time the federal government caught up with many private employers that stay competitive by providing paid family and medical leave." (twitter.com)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "We cannot emerge from this pandemic and remain one of only two countries in the world with no form of national paid leave. We need a policy that is inclusive and that protects all workers regardless of where they work, where they live, or whom they love. This moment, and the working families of America, demand and deserve real and lasting policy change and protection. Paid leave is an issue of public health, economic recovery, and racial, gender, and economic justice. Black and Latinx women in particular are disproportionately those who make up both frontline workers and breadwinning mothers in their households4, and they are the least able to afford losing their income to care for themselves or a sick family member." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "Furthermore, we cannot ignore the economic benefits of paid leave. Enacting paid leave also means that families will continue to earn some income at the very time when they need it most – when a family is growing or a member is sick and needs medical care. Workers will be able to continue to earn a portion of their wages, allowing them to continue to meet their basic needs and pay bills before returning to work. Moreover, lack of paid leave has meant that workers lose an estimated $22.5 billion in wages each year when that could have been used to keep a family afloat and spent in local economies." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Only a few months ago, the House passed legislation that puts us on a road towards making real, tangible savings a reality for millions of Americans. Senate Democrats have also proposed legislation to ensure that, for the first time ever, Medicare will be able to negotiate the prices for certain drugs; to stop drug corporations from increasing prices beyond the rate of inflation without penalty; to cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors in Medicare Part D; and to guarantee that no one with insurance pays more than $35 per month for insulin. These are historic and life-saving reforms." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 3 "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Biden: "As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic--the nation's most acute health care crisis in the last century--now more than ever, we must ensure that families and older adults are equipped with the health coverage they need. Medicare is one of the most popular and foundational federal programs in the United States. You have previously expressed commitments to expanding Medicare eligibility, improving its benefits package, and empowering Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. As part of the American Families Plan, we respectfully request that you fulfill your commitment to expand and improve Medicare" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will introduce an emergency appropriations bill for the current fiscal year (2022) to provide additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). The funding will be designated for humanitarian assistance to migrants, including those being bused into the District of Columbia by Texas and Arizona. "The governors of Texas and Arizona are exploiting and harming vulnerable people fleeing desperate and dangerous situations in their home countries for political gain," Norton said. "I commend the work organizations in D.C. and the National Capital Region have done to assist these migrants, but more funding is needed to assist these families." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Co-Sponsored HR 6 "American Dream and Promise Act of 2021" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 1% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to President Joseph Biden, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Secretary Antony Blinken: "We write to urgently request your administration expand Temporary Protected Status protections for migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. We have watched with concern the worsening humanitarian crisis in Central American countries in the aftermath of Hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020, continued severe drought, and the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe designating Guatemala and redesignating El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would go a long way in assisting those communities in the United States and enable them to better support their families back home." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Russia's unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine has caused needless death and destruction and a humanitarian crisis," Norton said. "I applaud the courage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people in defending their country against a much larger military. I also applaud the cooperation and unity the United States and Europe have shown in supporting Ukraine and holding Russia accountable. This war must end now." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As a member of the Ukraine Caucus, I was pleased to join visiting members of Ukraine's parliament today to discuss Russia's war and hear directly from them what the US can do to help." (www.facebook.com)
  • "I’m proud to be one of the House members that Russia imposed sanctions on for our opposition to its barbaric war in Ukraine and for our support of Ukraine. I will continue to support Ukraine and its people. I’m feeling no pain!" (x.com)
  • "Russia has permanently barred me, among others, from entering Russia because of my opposition to its unprovoked and brutal war in Ukraine. I’ll continue to support Ukraine and to hold Russia accountable for its war." (x.com)
  • "As a member of the Ukraine Caucus, I was pleased to join visiting members of Ukraine's parliament today to discuss Russia's war and hear directly from them what the US can do to help." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Russia's unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine has caused needless death and destruction and a humanitarian crisis," Norton said. "I applaud the courage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people in defending their country against a much larger military. I also applaud the cooperation and unity the United States and Europe have shown in supporting Ukraine and holding Russia accountable. This war must end now." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Signed Letter to Top Messaging and Telecom Companies: "We write to inquire about your company’s usage, storage, and sharing of phone call and messaging metadata, especially as it relates to protecting the privacy of individuals using your services to exercise their reproductive rights. As you know, with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, more states are criminalizing abortion,1 and law enforcement entities have used digital evidence to punish people for seeking or providing abortion care.2 Phone call and messaging metadata—data collected about communications such as time, duration, and involved phone numbers—is characterized as less invasive and revealing because it does not disclose any content of the calls made or messages sent. This has been the prevailing argument for the "harmlessness" in bulk collection of this metadata. However, according to multiple investigations, this metadata can be used to build strong inferences about the services and projects people are pursuing, and the people with whom they interact with most closely." (justfacts.votesmart.org)

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