U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said immigrants with temporary protections were perhaps the most law-abiding people in the country, noting that they must routinely undergo background checks."I wonder how...
Mass Live: Dream Act 2019: Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status holders push for immigration bill in Boston
The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 could benefit more than 30,000 immigrants with temporary protections or no legal status.Immigrants, local activists and politicians plan to make their case...
Patch: Rep. Clark Joins Lincoln Sudbury HS Students To Empower Women
The congresswoman talked with students about politics, climate change, transgender rights, and other current events.SUDBURY, MA- Congresswoman Katherine Clark joined the Lincoln Sudbury High School...
Policy Med: Azar Testifies on President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget
On March 13, 2019, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar testified on President Donald Trump's proposed 2020 budget during a hearing before the House Appropriations...
Vox: How to fix Congress — according to Congress
Last week, members of Congress took turns telling a special committee of Congresswhat was wrong with Congress.The hearing went on for hours. Thirty-two House members spoke before the...
WCVB: Politicians, ‘Dreamers’ hold Boston rally for Dream and Promise Act
BOSTON —Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and temporary protected status holders gathered in front of the JFK Building at Boston City Hall Plaza on Monday to advocate...
Worcester Telegram: Rep. McGovern at Boston City Hall to push immigration bill
Three members of Congress will gather at Boston City Hall Plaza with "dreamers" and Temporary Protected Status holders to advocate for legislation that would offer a path to permanent residency for...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Introduces Legislation to Support Homeless Students, Former Foster Youth
Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA), Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Rob...
Mass Live: House Democrats offer immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ TPS recipients
U.S. House Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday that would protect and provide "Dreamers," or individuals brought to the country illegally as children, and other immigrants a pathway to...
Mass Live: Mass. Democrats pan President Donald Trump’s budget proposal
Members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation took issue this week with President Donald Trump's newly unveiled $4.7 trillion budget plan for 2020, arguing that its proposed border wall...
Mass Live: US House advances Dem priorities, Mass. lawmakers laud move
Massachusetts lawmakers touted the U.S. House of Representative's Friday approval of a wide-ranging and high-priority bill to address voting rights, campaign finance and government ethics-related...
Bustle: Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights & This Bill Would Make Sure Trump Doesn’t Ignore That
A bill supported by members of both chambers of Congress is calling on the Trump administration to recognize reproductive rights as human rights. The bill, HR 7228, demands that the State...
Rewire News: Here’s How Democrats Want to Classify Reproductive Rights as Human Rights
Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday that would classify reproductive rights as human rights and require the U.S. State Department to include access to reproductive health care...
Mass Live: US Rep. Katherine Clark revamps push to mandate presidents disclose business interests
With her previous proposals seeing little-to-no action in the last GOP-controlled Congress, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark reintroduced a bill this week that would require presidents to disclose and...
Wall Street Journal: House Looks to Pass Gun-Control Measure Expanding Background Checks
WASHINGTON—The House prepared Wednesday to pass an expansion of background checks for nearly all gun sales, a cornerstone of the legislative agenda newly empowered Democrats pledged to enact, but...
Washington Post: House pushes ahead on gun control, backs expansion of background checks
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...
AP: WomenHeart Urges Congress to Prioritize Research on Heart Disease in Women
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...
WBUR: U.S. House To Vote On Revoking Trump’s National Emergency
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...
Insider: ‘Accomplices in oppression’: 14 new members of Congress demand Apple and Google remove Saudi government app that lets men control women’s movements
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...
MassLive: Mass. Democrats back US House measure to block President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration
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...