Thursday - November 21, 2024
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday October 31, 2024 ( 2 items )  

As Clocks Are Set to Fall Back, Senators Markey and Rubio Call for Permanent Daylight Saving Time
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Boston (October 30, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.), cosponsors of the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act, which would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent, again called for passage of their legislation to stop the twice-yearly process of changing clocks in the Spring and Fall. In March 2022, the Sunshine Protection Act unanimously passed the Senate. "  more

Pressley Visits ABCD Head Start in Jamaica Plain, Highlights Threat of Project 2025 to Early Education
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: During National Book Month, Pressley Toured ABCD and Read to Head Start Children Project 2025 Would Eliminate Head Start and Deny 11,000 Massachusetts Children Childcare Access and Other Services Photos (Dropbox) BOSTON Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, visited ABCD Jamaica Plain Head Start & Children's Services to highlight the threat of Project 2025   more