Articles by Mary Kathryn James

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) revealed Tuesday that the D.C. House Voting Rights Act has not been brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote because of a contested amendment on gun-control legislation.

According to members of the D.C. Council, threats from the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to discontinue its social service programs in D.C. will not alter its push for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, which is expected to pass after a Dec. 1 vote.

Neighborhood residents criticized the university for failing to consider how its proposed Campus Plan would affect the neighborhood in a community meeting Tuesday night at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School.