More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for another partial...
The Vanguard: House GOP Cancels Crucial Vote on Advancing Stopgap Government Funding Bill
In a significant turn of events on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives abruptly canceled a critical procedural vote on Tuesday. The vote was slated to determine the fate of a temporary...
Boston.com: As ‘childcare cliff’ looms, thousands of Mass. children could lose access
Thousands of Massachusetts families could lose access to child care at the end of the month without legislative action. Childcare funding from the American Rescue Plan Act is set to expire on Sept....
Boston 25: Child Care Cliff: Thousands of children likely to lose childcare spots with federal funding ending
A "child care cliff" is looming as federal funding is set to expire by the end of this month to keep tens of thousands of daycare centers open nationwide.Those grants went into effect for the...
WBUR: Congresswoman Katherine Clark on motherhood and why she got into politics
U.S. House Minority Whip and Democratic Congresswoman Katherine Clark joins Radio Boston for a candid conversation about growing up at her grandmother's kitchen table, motherhood and why...
Armenian Weekly: U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark to receive ANCA Eastern Region Freedom Award at Gala
Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA) is set to be honored with the Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region's prestigious Freedom Award at the 17th annual ANCA Eastern Region...
Common Dreams: To Avert Looming Childcare Disaster, Murray and Sanders Lead Emergency Funding Bill
Sens. Patty Murray and Bernie Sanders on Wednesday led a group of lawmakers in introducing legislation that would avert a fast-approaching disaster by approving $16 billion in emergency...
ABC: With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money
Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation's child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out...
The Hill: Joy Lee: Deputy communications director, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
Joy Lee departed college with a journalism degree and an eye on broadcast reporting. Instead, she found her way to Capitol Hill — and Democratic leaders have been grateful ever since. As deputy...
MassLive: 9/11 22nd Anniversary: What Mass. pols had to say about it
As the nation paused to remember the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, Massachusetts' elected officials paid tribute to the fallen...
Roll Call: Top Democrats ready emergency child care cash infusion
A group of Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., are planning on introducing legislation this week that would provide $16 billion in funding for child...
Boston Herald: Massachusetts labor movement reflects on a year of fights, wins: ‘Every day is Labor Day’
Unions in Massachusetts and across the nation have seen a rare coalescence of spiking public and political support, labor leaders reflected at Boston's annual Labor Day Breakfast on Monday,...
The Maui News: FEMA funding in the balance as Maui contends with fire’s aftermath
With Maui desperately in need of federal aid as residents struggle to recover from the Aug. 8 wildfires, the government shutting down and the Federal Emergency Management Agency running out of...
WBUR: Mass. politicians slam Trump after latest indictment: ‘He will never, ever change’
It didn't take long after special counsel Jack Smith announced former President Trump's third indictment for members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to have their...
New Boston Post: ‘The Extremists Are Holding The American People Hostage,’ Katherine Clark Says
U.S. Representative Katherine Clark bashed Republicans in Congress earlier this week for refusing to bend on adding spending appropriations for abortion and transgender surgeries in a national...
ABC: Congress leaves for August recess with little movement on appropriations bills
The government funding fight continues under the threat of a looming shutdown as both chambers left town for August recess.The House left town Thursday after only passing one of 12 appropriation...
NYT: Divided Over Money and Policy, House G.O.P. Punts on Spending Bill
House Republicans abandoned efforts to pass a spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and the F.D.A. on Thursday before heading home for summer break, stymied by internal divisions over...
Roll Call: House passes Military Construction-VA bill, cancels Friday votes
The House passed its first fiscal 2024 spending bill Thursday, funding veterans benefits and military construction projects, by a razor-thin margin along party lines that signaled a troubled road...
TIME: Shutdown Threat Intensifies as Congress Leaves Without Resolving Spending Fights
House Republican leaders on Thursday postponed votes for a must-pass government funding bill and dismissed lawmakers to start a six-week recess, raising the risk of a government shutdown in...
GBH: Massachusetts gets $58 million to get the lead out of schools
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark were in Boston Monday to announce $58 million in funding to replace lead pipes in Massachusetts' schools and childcare facilities.Lead...