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President Joe Biden is preparing a package of health care measures that he would aim to pass in a second term, with announcements starting this week centered on cutting prescription drug...

The second most senior member of Congress joined Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17) on Saturday in a place where everything seemed tiny. The two lawmakers were surrounded by undersized tables and chairs....

The year was 2004. Barbara Lee found herself standing next to a little-known lawyer named Maura Healey, waiting to get into a Democratic unity event in Washington following John Kerry's...

Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Rep. Jared Huffman of California have reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (BFFPA), which is aimed at reducing plastic pollution at the...

Here & Now host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Democratic minority whip Katherine Clark about what the Democratic Party strategy is during the House Republican leadership crisis, and...

Democratic House Whip Katherine Clark, the U.S. representative for the 5th District in Massachusetts, was met with a standing ovation from her fellow Democrats after a fiery speech nominating...

A top U.S. House Democrat from Massachusetts warned her colleagues against "MAGA extremism" as the chamber tried for a third time to elect a new speaker on Friday.As he has in two previous tries...

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is out of the race to become House speaker hours after his third failed attempt to try and win the gavel on Friday, lawmakers told Spectrum News.The chaos that has engulfed...

Congresswoman Katherine Clark recently visited the Advocates Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) made possible by her work. The Center, which is located on Route 9 in Framingham, was renovated...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan lost the second round of balloting for House speaker on Wednesday, failing to convince his Republican detractors to support him to replace the ousted Kevin...

For a second day, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to secure the votes he needed to become the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The defeat continues to leave the...

The outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas this weekend has roiled Massachusetts, where there are many local ties to that part of the world. Residents scrambled for updates from family and...

Lawmakers in New England are offering their reactions to the unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, where Hamas fired thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated...

U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark joined U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse in Superior on Friday to tour Marshall Fire rebuilding efforts with affected residents. The Dec. 30, 2021, wildfire was the...

Radio Boston talks with WBUR senior political reporter Anthony Brooks about the role Massachusetts representatives played in the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy from his position as...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a move by conservative Republicans to oust him. NPR's A Martinez asks Minority Whip Katherine Clark how Democrats will respond.--Original story HERE. 

Following Saturday's last-minute passage of a stopgap budget bill that will keep the federal government open for little more than a month, the state's all-Democratic congressional...

Up to 3.2 million children across the U.S. could lose access to their child care if Congress lets federal funding for child care run out this week.Saturday, Sept. 30, is when $24 billion in...

The federal government is on track to shut down on Sunday unless a new budget deal is reached. The White House says President Biden has no plans to meet with Republican House Speaker Kevin...

By Katherine Clark, House Democratic Whip"A Republican speaker of the House, Joseph Cannon, once noted: 'A majority can do anything.'"When House Democrats controlled the majority...