by gslwpadm | Jan 20, 2022 | In the News
WASHINGTON — As Democrats’ hopes to pass landmark voting rights legislation once again died in the Senate this week, Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark, one of the party’s leaders in the House, has been thinking a lot about the Edmund Pettus...
by gslwpadm | Jan 15, 2022 | Press Releases
Nine percent of Massachusetts bridges are currently classified as structurally deficientWASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week announced the first round of funding from a $27.5...
by gslwpadm | Jan 14, 2022 | In the News
Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark, a representative from Massachusetts and the fourth-highest ranking member of Congress, made the decision to go gray back in 2015. At the time, her mom was battling Alzheimer’s and her dad had just suffered a stroke — so...
by gslwpadm | Jan 13, 2022 | Press Releases
House passed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act which combines key elements of the House-passed John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Senate’s Freedom to Vote Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted...
by gslwpadm | Jan 13, 2022 | In the News
Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Cori Bush joined together to host a Twitter Spaces event Jan. 13 calling for abolishing the filibuster in order to protect voting rights.The conversation, which lasted about half an hour and drew just over 700 listeners at its peak, covered...