Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Cori Bush joined together to host a Twitter Spaces event Jan. 13 calling for abolishing the filibuster in order to protect voting rights.The conversation, which lasted about...
Cambridge Patch: Congresswoman Clark Votes For Freedom To Vote Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. This critical voting rights legislation combines key elements of the...
ICYMI: Assistant Speaker Clark Pens Op-Ed About the Politics of Going Gray
"The inequities that are built into our economy are born out of the same systems of misogyny that tell us how to wear our hair," writes Clark WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it,...
People Magazine: Top Democrat Wants to Put House Members Who Refuse to Wear a Mask in ‘Isolation Boxes’
A top Democrat in the House of Representatives this week suggested an idea to protect members from possible COVID-19 infections as some colleagues refuse to follow mask requirements in the House...
WBUR: The politics of going gray
It was 2015. I was a new member of Congress, my mom was suffering from Alzheimer's and my dad from a debilitating stroke. My kids were 11, 15, and 17. My...
Forbes: ‘The Assault On Our Democracy Is Alive’: Katherine Clark Argues For Democrats’ Voting Bill
On the House floor, Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) called for passage of Democrats' voting rights bill. Click play to view the video or follow this linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Zsjei8rME
Washington Post: A top Democrat says lawmakers who ignore mask mandate should sit in ‘isolation boxes’ in House chamber
As the omicron variant threatens the halls of Congress and some GOP lawmakers continue entering the House chamber maskless, despite racking up tens of thousands of dollars in fines, Assistant...
Axios: Top House Democrat pushes “isolation boxes” for unmasked colleagues
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) on Tuesday called for lawmakers who repeatedly defy the House chamber mask requirement to be restricted from the House floor.Why it matters: The demand comes amid a...
Huffington Post: Top House Democrat Wants Maskless Lawmakers Put In ‘Isolation Boxes’
House Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) wants lawmakers who ignore the chamber's mask mandate banished to "isolation boxes" in a gallery.Fines for flouting the mask measure have "proven...
Revere Journal: The Way to Combat the Horror of January 6 Is to Abolish the Filibuster
In 1787, upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of people who asked him what kind of government the delegates had created. His answer: "A republic,...
The Hill: Top House Democrat pushes for ‘isolation boxes’ for maskless lawmakers
The fourth-ranking House Democrat, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (Mass.), urged the sergeant-at-arms on Tuesday to force lawmakers who defy the chamber's mask mandate to cast votes from...
Assistant Speaker Clark Calls for Members Breaking Mask Rules to Attend Floor from Isolation Boxes in House Gallery
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) called on the Sergeant at Arms to further protect the Capitol community by requiring Members who break House rules by refusing...
Boston Globe: Increased federal energy aid available as winter weather arrives in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON—With a colder winter forecast and energy prices higher compared to last year, unpaid utility bills could pile up in New England like the snow outside. So the Biden administration and...
Business Insider: Top Democrat wants to force Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who flout mask rules to vote from ‘isolation boxes’ in the House gallery
A top House Democratic lawmaker is asking the House sergeant at arms to require maskless members of Congress to cast their votes from "isolation boxes" in the House gallery above the main floor,...
Daily Beast: Assistant House Speaker Requests ‘Isolation Boxes’ for Maskless Members of Congress
The fourth-ranking Democrat in the House wants to put her most stubborn colleagues in a corner. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) wrote a Tuesday letter to the House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker...
Melrose Free Press: Rep. Clark: Recovery is a mission we’re on together
The coronavirus pandemic has brought heartache to our community, from unemployment to food insecurity to loss of life. It has pushed many into isolation and severed neighbors from their routines and...
Framingham Source: Framingham Holds Vigil For Democracy; Massachusetts Leaders Reflect On Capitol Attack One Year Later
FRAMINGHAM - On Thursday night, January 6, 2022, scores of individuals held signs and flags at the corner of Route 135 and 126 in downtown Framingham as part of a vigil for Democracy.Organized by...
Boston.com: What Charlie Baker and other Mass. lawmakers are saying about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot anniversary
"Every citizen, and most importantly every public official, must safeguard that system so that motto always rings true."In the hours after last year's Jan. 6 riot by Donald Trump supporters at the...
Huffington Post: Republicans MIA As Congress Marks Jan. 6 Anniversary
WASHINGTON ― Hardly any Republicans showed up Thursday to commemorate the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, one of the worst days for democracy in U.S. history.The only ones...
ICYMI: Assistant Speaker Clark Pens Op-Ed for Newsweek One Year After January 6th; Calls for Voting Rights, End to Filibuster
"Democracy cannot survive voter suppression laws that substitute the will of the people for the will of a few." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...