Rep. Adam Schifff (D-Calif.) is leading a group of Democratic lawmakers in the introduction of a resolution calling for an end to the gay blood ban in favor of new guidance based on individual risk...
Woburn Patch: Rep. Katherine Clark Joins Call For Police Accountability
WOBURN, MA — Congresswoman Katherine Clark joined four representatives Friday in sponsoring a resolution to condemn police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked outrage...
Boston Patch: Pressley Demands Accountability In Police Brutality Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is one of four representatives introducing a resolution to condemn police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked outrage across...
Marijuana Moment: New Congressional Resolution Condemns Police Brutality And War On Drugs
Twelve House members introduced a resolution on Friday condemning police brutality in light of the recent law enforcement killings of two black individuals that have galvanized mass protests. The...
WBUR: Clark, Warren Lead Bill For $50 Billion Child Care Bailout Fund
Rep. Katherine Clark and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are among the lead sponsors on a bicameral piece of legislation that would create a $50 billion child care stabilization fund to help providers stay...
Clark, DeLauro, Scott and Murray Introduce $50 Billion Child Care Stabilization Fund Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus joined with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee...
Clark, Schneider Introduce Legislation to Require President to Appoint Medical Supply Chain “Czar”
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced legislation (H.R. 6952) that would require the President to appoint a Medical Supplies...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark On The Federal Pandemic Response And Phase 1 Of Massachusetts’ Reopening
Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark joins Radio Boston to talk about the response to the pandemic on both the state and federal level. We ask her where the latest economic relief package...
Asbarez: Congressional Armenian Caucus Raises Alarm over Azerbaijan’s Military Exercises
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of House members joined Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders Wednesday in ringing alarm bells over Azerbaijan's large-scale military exercises this week,...
Brookfield Patch: Hayes seeks $100 billion to address damaged child-care industry
U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-5) says "$100 billion" in federal funding is needed to support a nationwide child-care industry that has been ravaged from the pandemic.In a May 12 news release, Hayes of...
Fox 13 Memphis: Trump threatens Democratic states, but not GOP, over mail ballots
President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked the swing state of Michigan for sending out mail-in ballot applications for elections in 2020, ignoring a series of Republican states which have done the...
NPR: Progressives See Coronavirus Crisis As A Chance To Make Big, Lasting Policy Changes
Democrats said the $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill that was approved last week in the House of Representatives is meant to meet the needs of everyday Americans. Republicans dismissed that same bill...
The Armenian Weekly: Amid Global Pandemic, US Congress Pivots with ANCA to Online Calls for Armenian Genocide Justice
WASHINGTON, DC - Amid an unprecedented global pandemic that forced Armenian Genocide commemorations to go virtual this April, a bipartisan group of over 80 U.S. Senators and Representatives...
Common Dreams: With Wide-Ranging Support, Jayapal Introduces Paycheck Recovery Act to Keep Workers in Their Jobs, Stop Mass Unemployment, and Deliver Direct Relief to Businesses of All Sizes
SEATTLE - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, introduced H.R. 6918, the Paycheck Recovery Act today as a policy solution that delivers...
WGBH: Marty, Charlie, Ayanna – Who Is The Best Massachusetts Politician Of The Decade?
The decade that just came to a close was a lively one in Massachusetts politics. It began with a Republican state senator shocking the country in a special election for U.S. Senate; and ended with...
Daily Times Chronicle: House passes $3T stimulus bill with $11M going to Winchester over two years
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Katherine Clark joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Heroes Act, House Democrats' latest legislation to...
Clark Votes for Heroes Act with Vital Benefits for Massachusetts, Local Communities
Historic $3 Trillion Heroes Act Provides Urgent Pandemic Relief for all Americans and Paves the Way for States to Safely ReopenFriday, May 15, 2020- Washington, D.C.—Today, Vice Chair of the House...
CNBC: Affordable child care is increasingly difficult to find in the U.S.—coronavirus could make it harder
During the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, Laurie Fletcher would catch herself waking up in the middle of the night to wash her hands. Fletcher, who has been operating a home-based...
Framingham Source: MBTA To Receive $827.7 Million From CARES Act; MWRTA Gets $6.7 Million
WASHINGTON DC -United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch...
MSN: Partisan fight over new coronavirus relief could threaten the economy further
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday night approved a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, advancing the measure after days of wrangling and over the objections of the party's conservative and...