Eleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. Representative · DC-AL

Democrat

Non-voting delegate — limited voting evidence

Eleanor Holmes Norton is a non-voting House delegate and can't vote on the House floor. The record here is mostly bill sponsorships — thinner evidence than we have for other representatives.

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Where Eleanor stands

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What should the federal government's overall approach to taxes and spending be?
Some evidence
Raise taxes on corporations and high earners to fund major new programs
Lower taxes, smaller governmentHigher taxes, expanded programs
Cosponsored Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act and Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, funding expanded programs like the Universal Prekindergarten Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 6 votes · 54 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · May 2026 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Voted No · Jan 2026 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted No · Jan 2026 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted No · Sep 2025 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Voted No · Sep 2025 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2024
Cosponsored — CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act
Cosponsored — SALT Deductibility Act
Cosponsored — Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2024
Cosponsored — Paying a Fair Share Act of 2025
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How should Social Security and Medicare be changed, if at all?
Some evidence
Expand benefits and broaden eligibility
Reduce or restructure benefitsExpand benefits
Cosponsored the Social Security Expansion Act and Social Security 2100, plus Medicare dental, vision, and hearing coverage expansions.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 53 cosponsorships
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Close the Medigap Act of 2025
Cosponsored — Medicare Economic Security Solutions Act
Cosponsored — Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust
Cosponsored — Choose Medicare Act
Cosponsored — Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
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What should the federal government's role be in setting wages and protecting workers?
Clear record
Significantly raise the minimum wage and strengthen union organizing rights
Less federal labor regulationStronger federal worker protections
Sponsored Fair Pay Act and Salary Transparency Act; cosponsored Raise the Wage Act of 2025 and Richard L. Trumka PRO Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 2 votes · 52 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Sep 2025 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Voted No · Nov 2023 — Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Fair Pay Act of 2026
Sponsored — Salary History Question Prohibition Act
Sponsored — Salary Transparency Act
Sponsored — Fair Pay Act of 2023
Sponsored — Pay Equity for All Act of 2023
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How should the federal government structure healthcare coverage and costs?
Some evidence
Establish a public option available to all, alongside private insurance
Market-based, private insuranceSingle-payer government insurance
Cosponsored the Choose Medicare Act, Medicare-X Choice Act, and Improving Medicare Coverage Act establishing public plans available alongside private insurance.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 4 votes · 58 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jun 2025 — SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Voted No · Nov 2023 — Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Voted No · Jun 2023 — CHOICE Arrangement Act
Voted Yes · Feb 2023 — To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act
Cosponsored — Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2024
Cosponsored — Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022
Cosponsored — Green New Deal for Health Act
Cosponsored — Affordable Insulin for the COVID–19 Emergency Act
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How should the federal government address climate change and energy policy?
Some evidence
Rapid federal action to transition off fossil fuels
Prioritize energy production and affordabilityRapid transition off fossil fuels
Cosponsored Keep It in the Ground Act, End Polluter Welfare Act, and ZEVs Act mandating zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 5 votes · 59 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Dec 2025 — SPEED Act
Voted No · Sep 2025 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yes · Nov 2024 — CLEAN Act
Voted No · Jul 2024 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Voted No · Jul 2024 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — American Energy Independence and Affordability Act
Cosponsored — Climate RESILIENCE Act
Cosponsored — ZEVs Act of 2024
Cosponsored — North Pacific Ocean Protection Act
Cosponsored — End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024
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What should federal abortion policy be?
Some evidence
Federal protection up to viability (~24 weeks) with later-term exceptions
Federal restrictions on abortionFederal protection for abortion access
Cosponsored Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 and EACH Act, codifying abortion protection through viability with federal coverage and later-term exceptions.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 52 cosponsorships
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Access to Birth Control Act
Cosponsored — Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022
Cosponsored — SAFE Training for OB-GYNs Act
Cosponsored — Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act
Cosponsored — Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
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What should federal firearms policy be?
Some evidence
Comprehensive federal firearm restrictions including bans and registration
Expand firearm rightsExpand firearm restrictions
Cosponsored Keep Americans Safe Act banning large-capacity magazines and Handgun Licensing and Registration Act, plus assault-weapon and background-check measures.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 53 cosponsorships
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
Cosponsored — Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2023
Cosponsored — National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025
Cosponsored — Gun Trafficker Detection Act
Cosponsored — Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
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What should US immigration policy be?
Some evidence
Significantly expand immigration; limit interior enforcement
Reduced immigration, stricter enforcementExpanded immigration, humane policy
Cosponsored U.S. Citizenship Act establishing a citizenship path, Drain ICE Act, and Alternatives to Detention Act limiting interior enforcement.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 6 votes · 54 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jun 2024 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025
Voted Yes · May 2024 — Police Our Border Act
Voted Yes · Jan 2024 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
Voted Yes · Nov 2023 — Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023
Voted No · Sep 2023 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — To provide an additional appropriation for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsored — To provide supplemental appropriations for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to provide humanitarian relief for migrants, and for other purposes.
Cosponsored — Alternatives to Detention Act of 2021
Cosponsored — WISE Act of 2022
Cosponsored — Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022
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How should the federal government approach criminal justice and policing?
Some evidence
Major sentencing reductions, end qualified immunity, redirect funding to community programs
Stronger enforcement, expanded authorityDecarceration and federal reform
Cosponsored the MORE Act, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, and Justice is Not For Sale Act ending private prisons.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 2 votes · 55 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · May 2023 — HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Yes · May 2023 — POLICE Act of 2023
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act
Sponsored — Improving Reentry for District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2025
Sponsored — District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act
Sponsored — Improving Reentry for District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2022
Sponsored — Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2022
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What should drive US foreign policy?
Some evidence
Cooperative internationalism through institutions; minimize military action
Sponsored the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act; cosponsored the People Over Pentagon Act and Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 10 votes · 57 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jan 2026 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted No · Jan 2026 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted No · Sep 2025 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Did not vote · Jul 2025 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted No · Mar 2025 — DETERRENT Act
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Calling on the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Sponsored — Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
Sponsored — Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023
Sponsored — Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021
Cosponsored — Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act
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How should the federal government approach democratic institutions and elections?
Some evidence
Major structural reforms: end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, DC/PR statehood
Lead sponsor of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act across multiple Congresses, plus DC home-rule and Supreme Court ethics resolutions.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 2 votes · 49 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Mar 2023 — Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act
Voted No · Sep 2022 — Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Recognizing on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government through statehood for active duty servicemembers, National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families who are residents of the District of Columbia.
Sponsored — Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2026, as "D.C. Statehood Day".
Sponsored — Ensuring Full Participation in the Census Act of 2026
Sponsored — District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act
Sponsored — Recognizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government for veterans and their families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), particularly in light of the service of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.
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