Bill targets car safety hazard blamed for hundreds of deaths
"We lose, on average, 50 children a year — one a week, who die because the standard is not updated," Senator Ed Markey said.
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"We lose, on average, 50 children a year — one a week, who die because the standard is not updated," Senator Ed Markey said.
Congressman Joseph Kennedy III launched his Senate campaign on Saturday in the East Boston neighborhood where his family lived when they came to America in the 1840s. He is challenging Senator Ed Markey for the Democratic nomination.
New bill would help recoup $10 billion in canceled tickets. It's a "no-interest loan" to carriers, one critic says.
Massachusetts has the third-most deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S., but its stay-at-home order expires on May 18. It comes as the state's Senator, Ed Markey, is proposing a new plan to help working class Americans. Rep. Joe Kennedy, a Democrat running against Markey in the primary, joined CBSN to discuss how he's planning to fight the coronavirus, and his own Senate race.
Down-ballot candidates face unprecedented challenges campaigning amid coronavirus.
The party also agreed that Joe Kennedy III would reach the 15% threshold necessary to appear on the ballot.
Democrats are also proposing a bill to prevent an official nominated by the president to intervene in a case involving the president.
The agency is trying to expand its biometric program to require Americans to comply with the facial recognition system.
The 38-year-old Kennedy scion is challenging Senator Ed Markey
Markey has been endorsed by Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Kennedy is considering a primary challenge against Ed Markey in 2020
Markey faces a potential primary challenge from Congressman Joe Kennedy III
Kennedy is considering a primary challenge against Senator Ed Markey, who just weeks ago earned a glowing endorsement from Warren
"I hear the folks who say I should wait my turn, but with due respect -- I'm not sure this is a moment for waiting"
Kennedy has been mulling a primary bid against Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey
The resolution includes plans to remove carbon the nation's economy, reduce greenhouse gases and provide universal health care among other initiatives
The Massachusetts Democrat said the American people need to know whether Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with the Kremlin
The following is a transcript of the interview with Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts that aired Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, on "Face the Nation"
Can rewiring the nation's energy system create millions of jobs while helping win the battle against climate change?
An ACLU test misidentified 28 members of Congress as people arrested for a crime with the false matches disproportionately people of color
Senate Democrats raised concerns about Kavanaugh's nomination after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations Tuesday
Report from Sen. Ed Markey's office warns consumers might not get the protection they think they paid for
Sen. Ed Markey says there's a "vast gulf" between the U.S. and North Korea's definition of what "denuclearization" actually means
Senate Democrats gathered outside the Capitol to fight against opening the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling
"Mr. President, your job is to listen to the scientific community," said Senator Bernie Sanders