Federal Issues

• • Post (comment count)
  • Author
  • Date
• • Senate Working Group Releases Findings on Federal Shutdown (0)
  • Quinn Diaz
  • February 14th, 2019
  The Senate Working Group on the Federal Shutdown, charged with assessing the impacts of the federal shutdown and developing recommendations to mitigate the impacts on Massachusetts residents, presented its finding and recommendations to members of the Senate today during a Democratic Caucus.
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• • Talking to the Trump Administration (55)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • November 22nd, 2017
  As the Trump administration puts people in place, federal agencies are changing in predictable ways.
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• • Oppose the ‘Trumpcare’ health bill (1)
  • Laurel D
  • May 5th, 2017
  Please oppose the health care Bill that just passed in the House and do whatever you can to convince others to do the same. This bill hurts the most vulnerable people–the poor, the elderly, the millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, and women. This bill is sickeningly sexist, considering things like C-sections and SEXUAL ASSAULT […]
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• • Congressional vote to allow ISPs to sell customers’ browsing/Internet history (3)
  • Heather Fowles
  • April 3rd, 2017
  Saw with dismay that the Republicans in Congress voted to allow ISPs to sell customers’ browsing and Internet history data for marketing and other purposes.  Is this something that can be checked at the state level, given that we hopefully have somewhat more enlightened leadership in Mass.?
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