Since they took control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in January, Democrats have proposed increasingly ambitious plans. Education was a key focus of Democratic candidates in the...
CBS Boston: ‘It Is Time To Leave’: Mass. Lawmakers Say Evacuations Must Continue After Kabul Attack
BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey said Thursday's attack outside Kabul's airport underscores just how dangerous the environment is for servicemen and women in Afghanistan. Markey said...
Public Now: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Restore Voter Protections Through Passage Of HR4
Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This critical legislation would restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Celebrates Advancement of Budget Resolution To Support Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today, August 24, to move forward with the budget reconciliation process, opening the door to the passage of the American Jobs...
Assistant Speaker Clark Celebrates Advancement of Budget Resolution on Behalf of American Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today to move forward with the budget reconciliation process, opening the door to the passage of the American Jobs and Families...
Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Restore Voter Protections Through Passage of HR4
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This critical legislation would restore key protections...
NBC: Democrats want billions to pay for elder care. Republicans say the price tag is too high.
At 90 years old, Ray Newbaker broke her hip and has dementia.She upended both her adult children's lives, moving in with her son, Jay, when she could no longer take care of herself. Her daughter,...
Washington Times: Democratic centrists split over $3.5 trillion spending bill
Centrist House Democrats are split over how to move forward with their party's $3.5 trillion liberal spending package.Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, chairwoman of the moderate New Democrats...
National Herald: House Members, Including Bilirakis and Titus, Call for Return of Armenian POWs
WASHINGTON, DC - Sixty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives have cosponsored H.Res. 240, a Congressional resolution calling on Azerbaijan to immediately return approximately 200 Armenian...
Cape Codder: Fishermen’s Alliance aims to expand haddock chowder program
CHATHAM -- Launched amid the pandemic crisis, the haddock chowder program developed by Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance is now being celebrated at the highest levels of the federal...
Gruntstuff: Cuomo resignation garners reaction from Congress: ‘The right factor’
Members of Congress from each events welcomed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tuesday resignation announcement, which got here one week after state Lawyer Basic Letitia James dropped a bombshell report...
Medford Transcript: Trail Grant advances Wellington Underpass project, safe crossing for pedestrians
Interlocking pieces of the Wellington Greenway puzzle came closer to becoming a reality with the announcement of a Massachusetts Trail Grant, to the tune of about $190K, for Medford's underpass...
Framingham Source: Framingham School Committee Approves $14.4 Million Pandemic Recovery Spending Plan
FRAMINGHAM - Last night, August 4, the City of Framingham's School Committee voted 9-0 to approve a plan for the American Rescue Plan Act's (ARP) $14.4 million in federal funding allocations for the...
Statement from Assistant Speaker Clark on Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Washington, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark issued this statement on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:"Today, we lost a champion for working families. Richard Trumka...
The Times Weekly: Legislators rush to protect people from evictions
Legislators in Washington and in Illinois scrambled over the weekend to prevent millions of people from being evicted as a federal eviction moratorium expired Saturday.In Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker...
Forbes: Colleagues Heap Credit On Rep. Cori Bush For New Eviction Moratorium
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) won praise and credit from fellow Democrats in Congress on Tuesday after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced a new moratorium on evictions, with many pointing to...
NBC: How the Democrats’ ‘Human Infrastructure’ bill includes billions for elder care
The Democrats' spending bill focuses on "Human infrastructure", things like $300 billion to expand home care services for the elderly and increase wages for home health workers. NBC News Capitol...
The Hill: Top House Democrats call on Biden administration to extend eviction moratorium
Top House Democrats on Sunday called on the Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, hours after the ban expired, putting millions of Americans at risk...
Public Radio of Armenia: Azerbaijan’s military forces must withdraw from Armenian lands – Congresswoman Katherine Clark
Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on Azerbaijan's escalation of violence along its border with Armenia that took place earlier this week. Azerbaijani...
Assistant Speaker Clark Lauds Signing of Capitol Security Supplemental Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated President Biden signing the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act. The House...