BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the nation's first food rescue organizations, Food For Free, is commemorating 40 years by expanding to a new location in Somerville, MA, which will enable...
WCVB: Biden tells House progressives spending package needs to be between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion
President Joe Biden said in a virtual meeting with a group of House progressives on Monday that the top line of the social safety net package needs to come down to somewhere between $1.9 trillion...
Assistant Speaker Clark Announces Federal Grants to Revere Fire Department
REVERE, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker Clark (MA-5) announced that the Revere Fire Department has been awarded $63,636 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Announces $82,862 Grant To Framingham Fire For Defibrillators
Today, October 4, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark announced the Framingham Fire Department has been awarded $82,862 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to...
Bloomberg News: Pelosi Pushes Infrastructure Vote Despite Liberals’ Threats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with plans for a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill Thursday even though progressive Democrats said they have the numbers to stall it until the Senate...
Bloomberg Radio: Rep. Clark Says Infrastructure Talks ‘Not Over’ If Vote Slips
Assistant U.S. House Speaker Katherine Clark says Democratic leaders are working to find the necessary support ahead of a planned vote Thursday on a $550 billion infrastructure package,...
Bloomberg Surveillance: Top Democrat Says Infrastructure Talks ‘Not Over’ If Vote Slips
Assistant U.S. House Speaker Katherine Clark said Democratic leaders are continuing to work to lock down the necessary support ahead of a planned vote Thursday on a $550 billion infrastructure...
Boston Globe: Progressives are pushing for passage of a massive budget plan in Congress. Massachusetts’ astronomical child care costs help explain why
The situation faced by local families helps explain increasingly urgent arguments from progressives, who are threatening to vote against a bipartisan infrastructure bill if Biden's plan is not...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark On A Possible Government Shutdown And The Fight Over Infrastructure
There's a lot going on in Washington, D.C. The federal government faces a possible partial shut down at midnight Thursday. Here in Massachusetts, a government shutdown could mean that thousands of...
New York Times: For Schumer and Pelosi, the Challenge of a Career With No Margin for Error
WASHINGTON — Last week, as all outward appearances suggested gridlock on Capitol Hill, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi were in perpetual...
Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Protect Abortion Rights Nation-Wide
The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) would safeguard against anti-abortion laws like Mississippi's 15-week ban, that will be argued in front of the Supreme Court in December WASHINGTON,...
Cambridge Day: Businesses tell of the impacts of facing Amazon in hopes Congress will renew its antitrust efforts
While there are countless factors causing small businesses to close, local owners have identified a source of many of their problems: Amazon.As part of a nationwide effort to get antitrust...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Votes to Protect Abortion Rights in America
Today, September 24, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), federal legislation to guarantee equal access to abortion care,...
Boston.com: Boston elected officials of color call Biden administration’s handling of Haiti immigrants ‘reprehensible’
Over a dozen state, county, and city elected officials of color in Boston are speaking out against President Joe Biden's administration's handling of Haitian migrants attempting to come to the...
MassLive: Massachusetts progressives encouraged to ‘seize the moment’ on budget, infrastructure bills after talks with President Joe Biden
Democratic leaders in Massachusetts' congressional delegation expressed confidence Congress and President Joe Biden could seal the deal on heavy investments in infrastructure, combatting climate...
Yahoo News: Biden meets with congressional Dems as his domestic agenda hangs in balance
With his domestic agenda imperiled by disagreements within his party, President Biden is set to meet with moderate and progressive Democrats on Wednesday in a bid to bring the two factions together...
Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on White House Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after meeting with Congressional leaders and President Biden at the White House to...
Boston 25 News: One-on-one with MA Rep. Katherine Clark on ‘human infrastructure’ and what’s at stake
The price tag on the Democrats budget reconciliation proposal, dubbed a "human infrastructure package," is $3.5 trillion.Democrats say this is once in a generation opportunity to boost American...
CNN: White House touts ‘productive’ meetings with Democratic leaders, moderates and progressives at critical moment for Biden’s agenda
President Joe Biden ramped up his outreach to a wide swath of key Democrats in the House and Senate on Wednesday, hosting multiple groups including leadership, progressives and moderates from both...
Black Star News: DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO HALT HAITIAN DEPORTATIONS
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...