Friday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, and Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07) led 54 of their colleagues calling on the Biden Administration to...
Boston.com: Katherine Clark voices support for getting rid of the debt ceiling
With another perennial battle over the federal government's debt ceiling on the horizon, Rep. Katherine Clark says that Congress shouldn't just raise the limit.She says they should abolish it."I...
Politico: Working women face new setback as virus upends school plans
WASHINGTON — Working women, whose child care duties vastly expanded during the pandemic, are bracing for a new hit to their incomes and careers as the resurgent coronavirus jeopardizes plans to keep...
The Associated Press: Democrats seek corporate, wealthy tax hikes for $3.5T plan
House Democrats unveiled a sweeping proposal for tax hikes on big corporations and the wealthy to fund President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan, as Congress speeds ahead to shape...
National Law Review: Congressional and Enforcement Priorities Related to Higher Education Issues
Colleges, universities, and their federally funded research centers must navigate a range of evolving legal challenges associated with changing technologies, increased frequency of cyberattacks,...
NBC10 Boston: Pro-Union Rally, BBQ for Frontline Workers Bring Top Dems to Boston on Labor Day
Democrats swapped breakfast items for barbecue Monday as they rang in Labor Day with a rally in Boston built on party priorities and punctuated by remarks from the candidates in the competitive and...
Texas News Today: Progressivists oppose Manchin’s editorial as Democrats’ $ 3.5 trillion spending plan faces a difficult battle in a conflict within the party
Progressive rebelled in Senator Joe Matin's editorial Thursday, saying he wouldn't support a $ 3.5 trillion settlement bill to prepare for a major turmoil within the party after Congress returns...
Boston Globe: ‘The pro-life movement is incredibly energized right now’: Texas law stokes abortion fight across the country
The late-night Supreme Court decision letting stand a highly restrictive and uniquely structured Texas abortion law has kickstarted a national fight over one of the country's most divisive political...
Epoch Times: Democrats Have Ambitious Plans for Education in Near Future
Since they took control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in January, Democrats have proposed increasingly ambitious plans. Education was a key focus of Democratic candidates in the...
CBS Boston: ‘It Is Time To Leave’: Mass. Lawmakers Say Evacuations Must Continue After Kabul Attack
BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey said Thursday's attack outside Kabul's airport underscores just how dangerous the environment is for servicemen and women in Afghanistan. Markey said...
Public Now: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Restore Voter Protections Through Passage Of HR4
Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This critical legislation would restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Celebrates Advancement of Budget Resolution To Support Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today, August 24, to move forward with the budget reconciliation process, opening the door to the passage of the American Jobs...
NBC: Democrats want billions to pay for elder care. Republicans say the price tag is too high.
At 90 years old, Ray Newbaker broke her hip and has dementia.She upended both her adult children's lives, moving in with her son, Jay, when she could no longer take care of herself. Her daughter,...
Washington Times: Democratic centrists split over $3.5 trillion spending bill
Centrist House Democrats are split over how to move forward with their party's $3.5 trillion liberal spending package.Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, chairwoman of the moderate New Democrats...
National Herald: House Members, Including Bilirakis and Titus, Call for Return of Armenian POWs
WASHINGTON, DC - Sixty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives have cosponsored H.Res. 240, a Congressional resolution calling on Azerbaijan to immediately return approximately 200 Armenian...
Cape Codder: Fishermen’s Alliance aims to expand haddock chowder program
CHATHAM -- Launched amid the pandemic crisis, the haddock chowder program developed by Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance is now being celebrated at the highest levels of the federal...
Gruntstuff: Cuomo resignation garners reaction from Congress: ‘The right factor’
Members of Congress from each events welcomed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tuesday resignation announcement, which got here one week after state Lawyer Basic Letitia James dropped a bombshell report...
Medford Transcript: Trail Grant advances Wellington Underpass project, safe crossing for pedestrians
Interlocking pieces of the Wellington Greenway puzzle came closer to becoming a reality with the announcement of a Massachusetts Trail Grant, to the tune of about $190K, for Medford's underpass...
Framingham Source: Framingham School Committee Approves $14.4 Million Pandemic Recovery Spending Plan
FRAMINGHAM - Last night, August 4, the City of Framingham's School Committee voted 9-0 to approve a plan for the American Rescue Plan Act's (ARP) $14.4 million in federal funding allocations for the...
The Times Weekly: Legislators rush to protect people from evictions
Legislators in Washington and in Illinois scrambled over the weekend to prevent millions of people from being evicted as a federal eviction moratorium expired Saturday.In Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker...