by gslwpadm | Feb 27, 2019 | In the News
The House on Wednesday passed a bill expanding federal background checks for gun purchases and transfers, the first major new firearm restrictions to advance in a generation.The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which passed 240 to 190 with mostly Democratic...
by gslwpadm | Feb 26, 2019 | In the News
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 26, 2019–WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease hosted a briefing for Members of Congress to highlight progress made in including women in medical research and clinical trials and to emphasize...
by gslwpadm | Feb 26, 2019 | In the News
Rep. Katherine Clark, who represents Massachusetts’ 5th District, talked to Morning Edition about Tuesday’s vote in the U.S. House to overturn Trump’s emergency declaration.———-Original story here.
by gslwpadm | Feb 25, 2019 | In the News
14 members of Congress have written to Apple and Google to demand that they stop hosting a Saudi government app which men can use to control and monitor women.The group of Democratic lawmakers says that by hosting the app, called Absher, Apple and Google are...
by gslwpadm | Feb 22, 2019 | In the News
Members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation signed on Friday to a U.S. House resolution that seeks to block President Donald Trump’s recent declaration of a national emergency at the southern border from taking effect.Democrats, who have vocally...