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...
CNBC: Democrats earmark $7 billion for child care in newest relief package—but it won’t be enough to stabilize the system for long
Nearly half of day cares, preschools and child-care centers around the country have been forced to temporarily close during the coronavirus pandemic. Another 17% are only open to children of...
WBUR: Clark, Meng to hold town hall on anti-Asian racism
Reps. Katherine Clark and Grace Meng, D-N.Y., will hold a virtual town hall this evening to discuss the uptick in reported violence and discrimination against people of Asian descent during the...
Commonwealth Magazine: Katherine Clark Op-Ed: Congress must act on child care crisis
CHILD CARE IS an essential component of our national economic infrastructure, as fundamental as our roads and bridges. Just ask any parent performing essential services during the pandemic, or any...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Katherine Clark Hosting Online Town Hall About Fighting Anti-Asian Racism & COVID-19
MALDEN - U.S. Representatives Katherine Clark and Grace Meng will join the Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition (GMAAC), youth leaders, experts, and local officialsThursday evening, May...
NPR: House Democrats Unveil $3 Trillion Proposal For Coronavirus Relief
House Democrats are moving full steam ahead with legislation to provide a new wave of coronavirus relief at a price tag of more than $3 trillion, with plans to call the full House back on Friday to...
Oregon Business Report: US Rep. Bonamici: $100 billion for Child Care
Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Congressmembers Jahana Hayes (CT-5), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Danny Davis (IL-7), and Tom...
Boston.com: Watch: Family of nurses from Southborough gets surprised on the ‘Today’ show
A Southborough family with four members working as nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic got an early Mother's Day surprise Friday on the "Today"...
WBUR: Clark Calls For $100 Billion Child-Care Sector Bailout
Rep. Katherine Clark is calling for $100 billion in aid for the child care sector in the next relief package and beyond.In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader...
Boston Globe: Bailout sought for child-care industry
Amid increasing concerns that many child-care centers will be unable to reopen after the prolonged coronavirus closure, US Representative Katherine Clark and other members of Congress are seeking a...
Clark Leads Call for $100 Billion Investment in Child Care
84 House Members Join Call for $50 billion in immediate pandemic relief, $50 billion for sustained long-term recovery WASHINGTON, DC, Wednesday, May 6, 2020—Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark...