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REVERE, MA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Democrats’ historic Inflation Reduction Act.
House Republican leaders on Thursday postponed votes for a must-pass government funding bill and dismissed lawmakers to start a six-week recess, raising the risk of a government shutdown in September amid simmering internal conflicts over spending levels and hot-button social issues.
The House passed its first fiscal 2024 spending bill Thursday, funding veterans benefits and military construction projects, by a razor-thin margin along party lines that signaled a troubled road ahead for the appropriations process.
The $317.4 billion Military Construction-VA bill, usually considered the least controversial of the 12 annual spending measures, passed on a 219-211 vote. Democrats marched in lockstep against the bill, saying it was chock-full of extremist policy riders and would cut military housing money needed by troops and their families.
House Republicans abandoned efforts to pass a spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and the F.D.A. on Thursday before heading home for summer break, stymied by internal divisions over funding and social policy that threaten to make it impossible for them to avoid a shutdown in the fall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) spoke on the House Floor denouncing Republicans’ hostage-taking of the federal budget to advance an extreme agenda at the expense of everyday Americans. Below is an excerpt of her remarks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the second quarter GDP report:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the second quarter GDP report:
Agreed to by Recorded Vote:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after the House’s passage of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization: