At the beginning of Pride Month, Democratic leadership in the House and members of the LGBTQ-supportive Equality Caucus released statements in honor of the month and its importance. Here's...
Boston.com: Katherine Clark has a plan to get GOP reps on record about contraception
On Tuesday, House Democrats unveiled a plan to force a vote on contraceptive protections, aiming to hold Republicans in the chamber accountable on the issue before November's election.Leading the...
AXIOS: House Democrats push birth control vote in pressure campaign on GOP
House Democrats are launching a discharge petition on Tuesday aimed at forcing a vote on legislation to protect access to contraception, according to multiple sources familiar with the...
Boston Herald: House Dems., led by Bay State lawmaker, push to force vote on contraception
The state's top Democratic politician has joined several of her House colleagues in an attempt to force a vote on legal protections for contraception.House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, the...
NBC: House Democrats will try to force a vote to protect contraception, putting GOP on record
House Democrats unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to attempt to force a vote on contraceptive protections — or at least to get Republicans in their chamber on record on the issue before...
New York Times: House Democrats Begin Bid to Force Contraceptive Vote, Pressuring G.O.P.
House Democrats on Tuesday plan to go on the offensive on reproductive rights, with an announcement that they will seek to force a vote on legislation to codify the right to birth control access...
The Hill: Dems press for contraception vote
Democrats in the lower chamber on Tuesday announced a plan to try to force a vote on legislation to protect access to contraception. Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)...
NBC Boston:New England lawmakers react to Donald Trump’s conviction
For the first time in the history of the United States, a former president has been found guilty of crimes, with Donald Trump being convicted of all 34 felony counts at the...
Boston.com: Katherine Clark blasts Justice Alito for flags flown at his properties
Representative Katherine Clark called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito to recuse himself from cases related to the Capitol insurrection after a New York Times investigation...
Boston Globe: In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own
Asian American seniors play ping pong five times a week at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist church. Another group gathers Monday nights to dance at the Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy....
Boston Globe: Representative Katherine Clark unveils childcare push at business event in Cambridge
After failing to move a GOP-led Congress last year to reup federal assistance for childcare centers, US Representative Katherine Clark is turning to the business community for help in making her...
Washington Post: As co-rulers of the House, the Democratic majority-in-waiting may have already arrived
When House Democrats narrowly lost their majority in 2022, they did not expect to be the party that saved a Republican speaker from banishment.But in the topsy-turvy world of today's House,...
Boston Magazine: 150 Most Influential Bostonians
Forget the past—the pandemic is over, and Boston is shuttling toward the future. So who's steering the ship in this brave new world? Buckle up, because influence is shifting. Today and in the...
8 News Now: ‘Strolling Thunder’ urges lawmakers to prioritize childcare
These parents are usually fighting to get their kids to take a nap. But instead, they're taking the fight to Congress, in an event they call Strolling Thunder."We really want you to think babies,"...
NBC: House Democratic leaders say they would help save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job
House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday that they would vote to help save Speaker Mike Johnson if far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., moves to oust him."From the...
Orlando Sentinel: Rep. Frost meets with Orlando leaders, gun violence survivors to discuss intervention program
Orlando's leaders and gun violence survivors met Wednesday with Congressman Maxwell Frost to discuss the city's Community Violence Intervention program — and the promise it's shown to reduce...
The Grio: Members of Congress ‘saddened’ by the death of New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr.
Members of Congress are devastated by the passing of their colleague U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., who died on Wednesday at the age of 65. Payne's death comes after he had been...
WESH: Local, state leaders hear from gun violence victims and crime intervention program at roundtable
An Orlando program that helps at-risk youth needs more money to keep saving lives and preventing violence.The city of Orlando recently voted to expand the Community Violence Intervention program,...
Boston University: Big Celebration for Framingham Heart Study’s 75 Years of Groundbreaking Research
On April 8, study participants, researchers, local, state and federal officials celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Framingham Heart Study, the longest running cohort study in biomedical...
GBH: Would Rep. Katherine Clark vote to oust Speaker Johnson? ‘One step at a time,’ she says
A long-delayed foreign aid package passed the house this weekend, largely due to a bipartisan vote by Democratic lawmakers. Now it's headed to the Senate. Massachusetts Congresswoman and House...