by gslwpadm | Mar 7, 2019 | In the News
Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday that would classify reproductive rights as human rights and require the U.S. State Department to include access to reproductive health care in its annual human rights report, a practice that ended when...
by gslwpadm | Mar 1, 2019 | In the News
With her previous proposals seeing little-to-no action in the last GOP-controlled Congress, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark reintroduced a bill this week that would require presidents to disclose and divest of any financial conflicts of interest.The Melrose Democrat joined...
by gslwpadm | Feb 28, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Congresswoman Katherine Clark and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal introduced a bill in the U.S. House that would require the President and Vice President to...
by gslwpadm | Feb 27, 2019 | Press Releases
“For too long, a grisly ritual played out in the House: a shooting, a moment of silence, then inaction. Today is a new day in Congress. In less than two months, the House Democratic Majority passed a bipartisan background check bill that will keep guns out...
by gslwpadm | Feb 27, 2019 | In the News
WASHINGTON—The House prepared Wednesday to pass an expansion of background checks for nearly all gun sales, a cornerstone of the legislative agenda newly empowered Democrats pledged to enact, but one that faces resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate.The legislation...
