Collision Division: Crash test standards favor men, despite women being at higher risk for injury and death when behind the wheel
Technology used in testing is nearly four decades old
Collision Division: Crash test standards favor men, despite women being at higher risk By Emily Featherston, Lee Zurik, Jon Decker, and Jamie Grey | May 10, 2021 at 2:46 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 7:48 PM
(InvestigateTV/Gray DC) - It takes just seconds: a car crosses the center line on a highway, or misses a stop sign, colliding with another vehicle. What happens next largely depends on speed, the type of vehicle and road conditions but it can also depend on who is driving.
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If you’re a still waiting on a now-belated birthday card or fervently tracking a slow package, you’re not alone. Acting DC Postmaster Eddie Masangcay confirmed today in a letter to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton that DC’s mail system has been experiencing delays throughout the pandemic. The letter is in response to the Norton’s inquiries about undelivered and tardy mail in the District.
Masangcay cites staffing shortages during the pandemic as the culprit for ongoing delivery woes. Currently, under the American Rescue Plan Act, employees are able to take leave for reasons related to coronavirus, including treating a sick family member.
Apr 26, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021 today. Since 1994, Norton has introduced a version of the bill, which would require the United States to sign and ratify an international agreement to disable and dismantle America’s nuclear weapons upon certification that other nuclear powers have begun elimination of theirs.
Norton’s introductory statement is below.
Statement of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
On the Introduction of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021
April 26, 2021
Ms. Speaker.
Today, I am introducing the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2021, a version of which I have introduced since 1994, after working with the District of Columbia residents who were responsible for the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion ballot initiat
Georgetown University
Title: As House Votes to Approve DC Statehood, Georgetown Continues to Support Effort
Date Published: April 23, 2021 Share
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, a bill to advance statehood for the District of Columbia.
Introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (H’18), the “bill provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia.”
Georgetown President John J. DeGioia expressed the institution’s deep commitment to statehood in a letter to Congressional leaders in 2019 for a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Capitol Hill (77WABC) – The first obstacle in granting Washington D.C. statehood was successful on Thursday as the House of Representatives passed the measure in House Chambers.
The measure passed along party lines 216-208 in favor of the Democratic majority but there are swirling questions whether or not there will be enough votes to pass the measure when it gets to the floor of the U.S. Senate.
House Resolution #51, otherwise known as the “District of Columbia Statehood Bill” was introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). The bill had 216 cosponsors, virtually guaranteeing passage.
“Today’s victory was historic, both for D.C. residents and for the cause of D.C. statehood,”