PELOSI, NORTON PUSH FOR DC VOTING RIGHTS
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC, speaks with members of the press with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, at a news conference with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC, regarding voting rights on the floor of the House in 2005, on January 3, 2005 in Washington. Three D.C. Iraqi veterans were also present. Specialists Marcus Gray, Issac Lewis, and Emory Kosh, said since they fought for Iraqi's to have voting rights, they should as well...(UPI Photo/Michael KIeinfeld)..
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Federal parkland in the Poplar Point section of Washington could be used for the FBI's new headquarters, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray said.
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Washington, callling for the return of a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons.
Mississippi-born civil rights activist and lawyer Lawrence Guyot died of heart problems at his home in Maryland, his family said. He was 73.
Congress Thursday voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for not turning over documents in to the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.
The District of Columbia's delegate to Congress was barred from speaking during a House hearing on a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks in the district.
District of Columbia Councilman Marion Barry backed off disparaging comments he made about owners of Asian businesses, saying it was poor word choice.
A Texas Republican has introduced a bill in Congress to rename the District of Columbia World War I Memorial that sits on the Washington Mall.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leader attached an abortion funding ban to a bill that would give Washington budget autonomy.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C.'s, non-voting delegate to the U.S. House, said a police car hit her car in a minor weekend accident. No one was injured.
The first vote of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday was a procedural vote on whether to table an effort to delay enacting a part of new House rules.
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