Delegate · District of Columbia

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton is a Democratic delegate for District of Columbia, in Congress since 1991. In the 119th Congress, 85 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 7, and cast 55 of 57 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 1991
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives858.2%7 of 8596%55 of 571140 became law11%213 of 1,987
118th CongressHouse of Representatives5380.0%0 of 538 · rank 439 of 44299%433 of 436 · rank 41 of 4421280 became law11%213 of 1,918
117th CongressHouse of Representatives147.1%1 of 14100%11 of 111320 became law3%66 of 1,917

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.49+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  2. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  3. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  4. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  5. H.R. 2494: POLICE Act of 2023Yea
    May 17, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 303–126· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254
  2. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 232–199
  3. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–224
  4. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 221–210
  5. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 214–216
  6. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 221–203
  7. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 219–208
  8. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–217
  9. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 215–214
  10. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 76–350
  11. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 61–365
  12. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

374 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced36197%
  2. Reported by committee30.8%
  3. Passed one chamber92.4%
  4. Failed10.3%

Policy areas

  1. Government Operations and Politics130
  2. Public Lands and Natural Resources28
  3. Law27
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement25
  5. Armed Forces and National Security22
  6. Transportation and Public Works21
  7. Labor and Employment20
  8. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues15

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1571 Expressing support for the designation of September 23, 2026, as "Mary Church Terrell Day", and calling on Congress to recognize Mary Church Terrell's lasting contributions to the civil rights and women's rights movements.
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Sep 21, 2026
  2. H.R. 10396 No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 9104 Rock Creek National Park Act of 2026
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 10, 2026
  4. H.Res. 1518 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
    Introduced· Education· Sep 8, 2026
  5. H.R. 10172 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for survivors' and dependents' educational assistance to the dependent parent of a person who dies of a service-connected disability or has a total and permanent service-connected disability, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 7, 2026
  6. H.Res. 1502 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "Peace Month" and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Aug 31, 2026
  7. H.Res. 1485 Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2026, as "Chuck Brown Day", and honoring Chuck Brown's contributions to music and to the District of Columbia.
    Introduced· Arts, Culture, Religion· Aug 20, 2026
  8. H.Res. 1480 Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal Service employees who died as a result of their contact with anthrax while working at the United States Postal facility located at 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001; United States Postal Service employees, who have continued to work diligently in service to the people of the United States notwithstanding the anthrax attack; as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 who became ill in the attack.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Aug 10, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to District of Columbia (delegate) by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$30.2B
Per resident
$44,295
Rank in District of Columbia
—
Contract actions
71.3K
New awards: 18.7K

By fiscal year

  1. 22.8BFY2017
  2. 23.4BFY2018
  3. 23.8BFY2019
  4. 27.3BFY2020
  5. 31BFY2021
  6. 31.6BFY2022
  7. 33.9BFY2023
  8. 36BFY2024
  9. 31.4BFY2025
  10. 30.2BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$3.4B11%
    General Services Administration
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$2.9B9.7%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Department of the Navy$2.4B7.8%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of State$2B6.7%
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.4B4.8%
  6. Department of Energy$1.4B4.6%
  7. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.1B3.8%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$815.9M2.7%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.2B3.9%
    138 awards
  2. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$1.1B3.7%
    187 awards
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$826.3M2.7%
    94 awards
  4. HARRIS CORPORATION$783.7M2.6%
    1 award
  5. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$702.1M2.3%
    118 awards
  6. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$520.3M1.7%
    82 awards
  7. PERATON INC.$366.4M1.2%
    33 awards
  8. PTSI MANAGED SERVICES INC$329.1M1.1%
    9 awards
  9. TRIBALCO LLC$317.1M1.1%
    2 awards
  10. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$316.2M1.0%
    32 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$53.8K
through Jan 25, 2026
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$12K
7 committees
From contractor PACs
$1,000
1 PACs · 8% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
united airlines, inc.united airlines, inc. political action committee (uapac)$1,000UNITED AIRLINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$11.9M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$53.8K$12K$1,0001 PACs · 8% of committee money
2024$307.9K$148.8K$9,5005 PACs · 6% of committee money
2022$286.5K$212K$16K6 PACs · 8% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  16. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  17. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  18. House · District of Columbia (delegate)Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
norton.house.gov
Phone
202-225-8050
Office
2136 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.