Pass the District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006 to provide the District of Columbia with voting representation in the U.S. House.

Eleanor Holmes Norton · District of Columbia · Democratic

policy impact 0.82 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

H.R.5388 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006

The Congress.gov bill page identifies Norton-linked legislation seeking fair and equal House voting rights for the District of Columbia during the 2006 federal delegate term.

H.R.5388 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

H.R.1905 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007

Congress.gov identifies H.R.1905 as the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007, matching Norton's recurring commitment to secure voting representation for D.C. in the U.S. House.

H.R.1905 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

H.R.157 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009

The source identifies H.R.157, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009, a legislative commitment to provide D.C. voting representation in the U.S. House; this matches the existing D.C. House voting rights claim in substance.

H.R.157 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov records H.R.5388 in the 109th Congress as the District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006. The bill was introduced in 2006 and did not become public law.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The specific 2006 bill named in the promise was introduced before the 2006 election cycle ended, but it was not enacted.

never unknown A for effort

H.R.5388 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The article summarizes that the District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006, H.R. 5388, would have granted D.C. voting representation in the House only and that the bill never made it out of committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A secondary legislative-history summary confirms the 2006 bill failed in committee, so the exact promised act was not passed.

never unknown A for effort

District of Columbia federal voting rights
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov lists Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton as sponsor of H.R.1905, introduced April 18, 2007. It states the bill passed the House on April 19, 2007 by recorded vote, 241-177, 1 present, but its latest action was Senate committee hearings on May 23, 2007.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In Norton's next term after the 2006 election, she advanced a successor D.C. House voting-rights bill through the House, but it did not clear the Senate or become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1905 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov lists Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton as sponsor of H.R.157, introduced January 6, 2009. The bill summary says it would consider D.C. a congressional district for House representation, but the tracker status is Introduced, with latest action placed on the Union Calendar on March 2, 2009.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Norton continued concrete legislative efforts in a later term, but this House bill did not become law.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.157 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov records S.160 as passed by the Senate on February 26, 2009 by a 61-37 vote, then held at the House desk on March 2, 2009. The summary says it would consider D.C. a congressional district for House representation.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A parallel 2009 Senate bill passed the Senate, but the House did not complete enactment; the voting-rights representation promised was still not delivered.

partial later_term A for effort

S.160 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The article states that D.C. is represented in the House by a delegate who is not allowed to vote on the House floor, and that D.C. residents have no Senate representation. It also states that no bill granting D.C. voting representation has passed both houses of Congress.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): As of the reviewed record, D.C. still lacks voting representation in Congress, so the core promised outcome was not fulfilled.

never unknown

District of Columbia federal voting rights
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

Congress.gov records H.R.51 in the 116th Congress as a D.C. admission/statehood bill sponsored by Del. Norton. The bill passed the House but did not become law.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Later Norton-backed D.C. representation efforts shifted toward statehood and achieved House passage, but still did not produce voting House representation by enactment.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act 116th Congress (2019-2020)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The U.S. Code page, current through laws in effect on August 28, 2026, provides that the District of Columbia is represented in the House by a Delegate with a seat and right of debate, but not the right to vote.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): During the lookback window, the governing federal statute still showed D.C. House representation as nonvoting, so the promised voting representation had not been delivered.

never unknown

2 U.S.C. § 25a - Delegate to House of Representatives from District of Columbia
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

GovInfo records H.R. 51 in the 119th Congress as the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, sponsored by Eleanor Holmes Norton, with last action listed January 3, 2025 and bill version Introduced in House.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Norton continued a concrete later-term legislative push for D.C. voting representation through statehood, but the official record shows the current bill remained only introduced rather than enacted.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 51 (IH) - Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The promised outcome was passage of the 2006 D.C. House voting-rights bill or otherwise securing voting representation for the District in the U.S. House. The named 2006 bill did not become law, and current federal law still provides D.C. only a nonvoting Delegate. Norton made serious legislative efforts, including sponsoring successor voting-rights and statehood bills and advancing a 2007 successor through House passage, but no bill granting D.C. voting representation was enacted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The promised outcome was passage of the District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006, or otherwise providing D.C. voting representation in the U.S. House. H.R.5388 did not become law, and later Norton-backed successor efforts, including the 2007 House-passed bill and 2009 bills, also failed to enact voting House representation. Because Norton sponsored and materially advanced serious legislation toward the promised result, including House passage of a successor bill during the post-2006 term, she receives an effort badge, but the core outcome was not delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%