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Today, after only one year in Congress, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) announced he has been named a Senior Whip, a key position in Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s (MA-05) whip team, to champion House Democrats’ agenda in the 118th Congress.
After the Texas Supreme Court blocked a judge's order enabling Kate Cox to terminate a pregnancy due to the fetus having a fatal condition, the 31-year-old Dallas resident has fled the state for abortion care, her lawyers announced Monday.
Since opening in early September, the La Petite Academy childcare center at Pittsburgh International Airport has received international media coverage and garnered praise from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden during a visit to the airport.
The latest kudos come from one of the nation’s leading politicians, a tireless advocate for childcare access and funding for her entire career.
President Joe Biden is preparing a package of health care measures that he would aim to pass in a second term, with announcements starting this week centered on cutting prescription drug prices.
The second most senior member of Congress joined Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17) on Saturday in a place where everything seemed tiny. The two lawmakers were surrounded by undersized tables and chairs. Miniature bathroom stalls lined a back wall. A small wooden airplane sat on a bookshelf.
There was, however, nothing miniature about the issue that brought Deluzio and U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) to La Petite Academy, a new child care facility at Pittsburgh International Airport. Their concern: A lack of affordable, high-quality childcare for working parents.
Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Rep. Jared Huffman of California have reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (BFFPA), which is aimed at reducing plastic pollution at the source. The bill was first introduced by Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California along with Merkley and Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts in February 2020.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is out of the race to become House speaker hours after his third failed attempt to try and win the gavel on Friday, lawmakers told Spectrum News.
The chaos that has engulfed the House of Representatives for more than two weeks shows no signs of stopping.
"We need to come together and figure out who our speaker's going to be," Jordan said in brief remarks after the news broke. "I'm gonna work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American people."
U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark joined U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse in Superior on Friday to tour Marshall Fire rebuilding efforts with affected residents.
The Dec. 30, 2021, wildfire was the most destructive in Colorado history. It destroyed more than 1,000 homes, burned over 6,000 acres, caused more than $2 billion in property damage and killed two people.
More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for another partial government shutdown, as U.S. House Republicans struggle to produce a short-term plan to fund the government past the end of the month.
ard-line Republican threats to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post could soon thrust Democrats into a difficult decision: Do they save the Speaker who opened an impeachment inquiry into their president or join Republicans in booting him?
Top Democrats say they have not formulated a strategy for handling such a vote, dismissing questions as hypothetical and insisting that they are focused on funding the government and averting a shutdown ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline.