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By U.S. REP. JIM MCGOVERN
Last month, House Republicans brought to the floor H.R. 5 — a bill I call the “politics over parents” act, which would supercharge book bans like the ones Gov. Ron DeSantis has imposed on Florida and bring them to states across America, including here...
By TANISHA BHAT
The region’s paraeducators could receive additional support from the federal government when it comes to recruitment, training and retention as part of a bill proposed in Congress by Sen. Ed Markey.The bill — called the Preparing and Retaining All...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
An Amherst organization is behind a newly proposed constitutional amendment put forth by U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern that would reduce the influence wealthy donors and large corporations have on elections in the United States. The proposed joint...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
Calling the Republican Party “a joke” and referring to its MAGA faction as “wingnuts,” an exasperated U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern took to the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday night to accuse Speaker Kevin McCarthy of losing control of the...
By Sydney Ko
Seven years. That’s how long Massachusetts, and the nation, have to meet an ambitious goal of eradicating hunger.It’s an ambitious goal, but one that advocates and politicians who work tirelessly to address hunger believe is within reach if momentum...
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
HOLYOKE — Candidates running for the U.S. House seat in the 1st Congressional District filed campaign finance reports on Wednesday, offering the last look at their fundraising and spending before the Sept. 1 Democratic primary election.The quarterly...
By Kellie Mejdrich
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia leaders on Monday warned Congress to stay out of local issues and keep policy riders aimed at D.C. laws away from spending bills, a battle the District fights annually.High on their list this year? Maintaining a D.C....
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
NORTHAMPTON — Health care, Donald Trump and war were some of the topics of conversation when U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, visited 19 residents of Rockridge Retirement Community for an intimate conversation on Friday.Earlier in the day,...
By NANCY BENAC
WASHINGTON (AP) — This city knows how to do big hearings — even Titanic ones.Dramatic congressional hearings are something of a Washington art form, a rite of democracy carefully crafted for the cameras.Suspense is building as fired FBI Director James...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — With various appointments by President Donald Trump still not made and continued reversals and flip flops in the administration’s objectives, a sense of chaos and drama exists in the nation’s capital that Massachusetts congressmen...
By GAZETTE STAFF
Citing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, formally protested during a Joint Session of Congress certifying its results.“Today I was the first member of Congress to rise and formally object...
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