BOSTON — Thursday night, the Democratic majority in Congress passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill.It includes another round of $1,200 stimulus checks and restores enhanced...
Armenian Weekly: Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh
WASHINGTON, DC - Key Senate and House leaders, joined by over 60 of their colleagues, have called on Secretary of State Pompeo to take decisive action in condemning the Azerbaijan and Turkey-led...
E&E News: GOP presses on with Barrett nom as COVID-19 spreads
Overnight news that President Trump and the first lady had tested positive for the novel coronavirus shook members of Congress this morning, setting off a scramble over how to best respond to the...
Ms. Magazine: Bill to Protect Incarcerated Pregnant Women and Their Babies Passes House
On Thursday, the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act passed in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The proposed legislation...
WBUR: House Democrats Pass Partisan COVID Bill; Relief Talks Drag
Democrats controlling the House narrowly passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Thursday night, hours before President Trump revealed he has tested positive for the novel...
WBUR: How The All-Democratic Mass. Congressional Delegation Is Reacting To Trump’s Coronavirus Diagnosis
The 11 Democrats who represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives include some of President Trump's harshest critics. But several members of the delegation promptly wished...
Fortune: What working parents need from the 2020 election
It was an imperfect moment, which is precisely why it captured the current state of parenting so perfectly.In a purple shirt and gray mask that kept sliding down her face, California assemblywoman...
Public Radio of Armenia: Members of US Congress blast Azerbaijan and Turkey as attack on Artsakh expands to Armenia
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is reporting that a broad array of Members of Congress, from both the Senate and House, have issued statements condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for...
NTD: As Senators Begin Meeting With Supreme Court Nominee, Top Democrats Refuse
The process to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has begun with the judge meeting with some senators on Tuesday, as other top Democrats refused to meet,...
Public Radio of Armenia: Support continues to grow for Armenia and Artsakh resolutions
Two resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.Res.452 and H.Res.190 regarding U.S.-Armenia and U.S.-Artsakh relations, continue to garner support, reported the Armenian...
Roll Call: Capitol bids goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol, it was fitting that most of the members of Congress gathered for her intimate...
Armenian Weekly: ANCA Welcomes Bipartisan Calls on the Library of Congress to Adopt Armenian Genocide Subject Heading
WASHINGTON, DC -US Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) has sent a bipartisan Congressional letter, signed by more than 50 of her US House colleagues, calling on the Library of Congress to revise its...
South Coast Today: Massachusetts lawmakers say Fort Hood has ‘toxic culture of fear, intimidation, harassment and indifference’
Fort Hood soldiers told members of a congressional delegation that suicides are treated as an inconvenience, they aren't provided resources to live safely and in healthy conditions and victims who...
WBUR: Mass. Congressional Delegation Pushes For Reforms At Fort Hood After Death Of Brockton Soldier
Massachusetts Congressional lawmakers are still pushing for answers, and reform, at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas after the death of a Brockton soldier who was stationed there.In...
Boston.com: ‘This is a very bad situation’: Mass. lawmakers paint grim picture of Fort Hood, after death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes
Three members of Massachusetts's congressional delegation have significant concerns about how U.S. Army officials at Fort Hood handled a sexual assault allegation filed by Sgt. Elder Fernandes and...
Boston Globe: Massachusetts representatives recount dismaying Fort Hood visit
Walking the path where Fort Hood Pfc. Vanessa Guillén took her final steps — and talking to soldiers who experienced sexual assault on the same base where Sergeant Elder N. Fernandes of Brockton...
Lexington Wicked Local: Clark, Pressley express concerns about racial inequity in schools
U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark and Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, along with Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and Reps. Richard Neal, James McGovern, Stephen Lynch, William Keating, Joseph...
NBC Boston: ‘Justice Is Demanded’: Mass. Politicians React to Indictment in Breonna Taylor Case
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is among the local politicians reacting to news Wednesday that no police officers are facing criminal charges in direct connection to Breonna Taylor's death.While one...
Roll Call: House Democrats’ leadership races reflect coming generational change
Only one House Democrat in the caucus's 14-member elected leadership team is exiting the chamber next year, but that opening has created a competitive race for assistant speaker and cleared...
Refinery29: The House Just Passed A Bill That Could End Natural Hair Discrimination Nationwide
The United States House of Representatives just passed The CROWN Act, which would legally prohibit discrimination based on a Black person's hairstyle or texture nationwide.The House Judiciary...