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Stephen Colbert Credited For Raising Awareness Of DC Vote Effort
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Those seeking to end the District of Columbia's vote-less state in the U.S. Congress cleared their highest hurdle last week when the DC House Voting Rights Act passed the Senate, 61-37. The Act is widely favored to prevail in its upcoming House vote, and in conference committee in the days to come. DC's Delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton has become one of the better known faces in the effort, thanks to her hilarious confrontations with Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report. Last week, after the vote, Politico's Patrick Gavin found Norton, and asked about the effect of her interactions with ...

Stephen Colbert Credited For Raising Awareness Of DC Vote Effort
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Those seeking to end the District of Columbia's vote-less state in the U.S. Congress cleared their highest hurdle last week when the DC House Voting Rights Act passed the Senate, 61-37. The Act is widely favored to prevail in its upcoming House vote, and in conference committee in the days to come. DC's Delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton has become one of the better known faces in the effort, thanks to her hilarious confrontations with Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report. Last week, after the vote, Politico's Patrick Gavin found Norton, and asked about the effect of her interactions with the Comedy Central ...