Eleanor Holmes Norton on Abortion

• Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women. (Apr 2001)
• Provide emergency contraception at military facilities. (Apr 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Budget & Economy

• Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace. (Jan 2001)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Civil Rights

• Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice. (Jan 2001)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 67% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights. (Dec 2006)
• Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)
• Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
• Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)
• Supported legislation on violence against women & safety. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding for women's and disadvantaged businesses. (Jul 1999)
• Supports ERA and comparable work pay rules for women. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Corporations

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Crime

• Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
• Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Drugs

• Establish drug testing standards for major league sports. (May 2005)
• End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine. (Jun 2007)
• Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Education

• Supported funding for teacher training & other initiatives. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Energy & Oil

• Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
• Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Environment

• Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Families & Children

• Member of the Missing & Exploited Children's Caucus. (Jan 2001)
• Call for a White House Conference on Children and Youth. (Mar 2008)
• Supported funding child care, child health, & child housing. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Foreign Policy

• Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
• Urge China to respect religious freedom. (Mar 2001)
• Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Free Trade

• No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Government Reform

• Election reform is #1 priority to prevent disenfranchisement. (Jan 2001)
• Prohibit non-legislated earmarks. (Jul 2005)
• Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
• Prohibit voter intimidation in federal elections. (Mar 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Gun Control

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Health Care

• Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs. (Jan 2001)
• MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
• Supported funding women's health needs. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding older women's health. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding Prenatal and Postpartum Care. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding Family and Children's Coverage. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Homeland Security

• Give higher priority to rail security. (Jul 2005)
• Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)
• Recognize women veterans; assist military families. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Immigration

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Jobs

• Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 2001)
• Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Episcopalian. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Congressional Black Caucus. (Jan 2001)
• Reject Bush's Florida electors due to election fraud. (Jan 2001)
• Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
• Member of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. (Jul 2001)
• Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Social Security

• Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women. (May 2001)
• Reject proposals for private saving accounts. (May 2002)
• Supported pension reform and tax credits for long-term care. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Tax Reform

• American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)
• Tax incentives for child care; eliminate marriage penalty. (Jul 1999)
• Tax incentives for education, new schools, & families. (Jul 1999)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on War & Peace

• Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus. (Jan 2007)

Eleanor Holmes Norton on Welfare & Poverty

• Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)
• Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)