Troops patrol train stations and streets in the nation's capital. Masked federal law enforcement agents detain District of Columbia residents. Congress passes bills that further squeeze the city's autonomy. And the one person who could act as a voice for Washington on Capitol Hill has been a rare sight.

Even longtime allies say Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton , the district's nonvoting delegate in the House, has not risen to the challenge of pushing back against the Trump administration's intervention into her city. They cite her age, 88, and her diminished demeanor.

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That has raised questions about the 18-term lawmaker's future in that office and has led to calls for her to step aside and make way for a new generat

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