by Sam Dallaire | Aug 6, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, Advancing Equality, COVID-19, News & Updates, Protecting the Post Office
Concern over the US Postal Service comes as Trump has railed against absentee voting by mail for months, calling it “fraudulent,” and even drawing a fact-checking rebuke from Twitter for making the false claim. Boston Globe By The Editorial Board It seems...
by Sam Dallaire | Jul 24, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WBUR By Callum Borchers The CARES Act sailed through Congress in March with bipartisan support for an extra $600 per week for anyone collecting unemployment. But those payments are about to stop, and Republicans, who control the Senate and White House, are...
by Sam Dallaire | Jul 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
Wicked Local Stoughton – Stuart Green Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, D-MA, Ayanna Pressley, D-MA, several other Congressmen sent a letter to Stop & Shop to urge the company to reinstate hazard pay for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the...
by Sam Dallaire | Jul 17, 2020 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
This week, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and U.S. Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04),...
by jackielavenderbird | Jul 16, 2020 | COVID-19, News & Updates
Wicked Local West Roxbury By Katie Lannan State House News Service U.S. senators appear to be “coming around” on the idea of another federal stimulus package in the wake of COVID-19 spikes in some southern states, according to Congressman Stephen Lynch....
by Sam Dallaire | Jul 15, 2020 | COVID-19, News & Updates
BOSTON (AP) — The state’s congressional delegation is calling on U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration that is set to expire on July 25. The all-Democratic delegation — led by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth...
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