Issue Position: 112th Congress Goals

Issue Position

Republican control of the House will delay passage of Norton's "Free and Equal D.C." series of bills to increase the city's independence from Congress, but she will introduce the entire series to keep before Congress her determination to enact them and to encourage residents and D.C. officials to maintain the momentum achieved during the past four years. She will work with the Senate Democrats and the President to keep the Republican House from eliminating what she won for the District these last four years.

Despite Republican controlling the House, the Congresswoman believes she can get some bills enacted in the 112th Congress. Among them are bills to make the District an international financial center as a special tax jurisdiction for catastrophic reserve funds that now go to tax-free foreign countries, beginning Home Rule Act charter reform with transfer to District government the right to make some charter changes involving the city's structure and processes that now must come to Congress, and permanently reauthorizing the U.S. Parole Commission, which has jurisdiction over D.C. residents returning from prison.

The following report describes other Norton initiatives and offers details on the topics highlighted in this introduction.

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