Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. James P. McGovern [D, MA-2]

Congress Fight Looms on Food Stamp Cuts

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...if it contains those steep cuts. "I really do believe there ought to be a line in the sand drawn, by this White House, that you're not going to sign a farm bill with any SNAP cuts," said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). "Certainly not cuts of $20 billion.".

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Congress divided over domestic food aid

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...federal government should do. "We should be doing this as individuals, helping the poor," said Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., offered an amendment to do away with the cuts that were rejected by the panel. "Christians, Jews, Musl

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Mass. Democrats take a hard line

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...this week and upped the ante yesterday as the scandal spread, saying, “Whoever did this should be found and fired.” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester), one of Massachusetts’ more liberal House members, told the Herald his party in Congress is af

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Farm Bill Fight Over SNAP Cuts Previewed in Markup

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Frank on this. He thinks he has what he needs to get the bill through his caucus.” Even so, committee Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, fell short in two attempts to block the proposed spending cuts to SNAP. In the effort, McGovern

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King, Animal Fighting Amendments Approved by House Committee Last Night

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...hanging in the balance. The committee, over the objections of its leadership, did approve an amendment led by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., by a vote of 28-17, building on the existing federal law against animal fighting by making it a crime to knowingly

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Congressman Justifies Huge Food Stamp Cuts: Recipients Are ‘Dependency Class’

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...by a 27-17 vote, after more than an hour of debate. In introducing the amendment to protect SNAP funding, Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern (MA) noted that cutting food stamps comes with many expensive unintended consequences – hunger undermines worker pro

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U.S. House Agriculture Committee Delivers Mixed Results for Animal Welfare

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...an amendment to strengthen animal fighting laws was approved by a bipartisan vote of 28-17. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), would make attending an animal fight a federal offense and impose additional penalties for bringing a c

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Theology cited freely in House committee debate of farm bill

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...federal government should do. âWe should be doing this as individuals, helping the poor,â said Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., offered the amendment to do away with the cuts. He said taking the hunger assistance away from peopl

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Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...federal government should do. "We should be doing this as individuals, helping the poor," said Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., offered an amendment to do away with the cuts that was rejected by the panel. "Christians, Jews, Musli

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Latest Conservative Atrocity: Farm Bill That Leaves Americans Starving

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...individuals are hungry, 17 million being children, “we should be talking about how we improve and expand SNAP,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. His view is not only supported by research, such as that of a recent Institute of Medicine report that fi

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Coffee Break: Farm bill debate centers on food stamps

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...government should do. “We should be doing this as individuals, helping the poor,” said Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., insisted on no cuts. “Christians, Jews, Muslims, whatever we’re failing our brothers and sisters here,

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Food Stamp Cuts Pursued By GOP, Despite Shrinking Deficit

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...not by cutting food stamps.) Most Democrats on the agriculture committee Wednesday supported an unsuccessful amendment by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) to undo the food stamp cuts, which McGovern said will "increase hunger and exacerbate nutrition problem

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Teamsters fighting truck size/weight increases

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who have suffered death and injury as a result of truck crashes, recently held a news conference in Washington, DC,

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Bill to limit heavier trucks introduced

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...in New Jersey and on most other states’ roads. The bill is co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO). Companion legislation is sponsored in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA

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Washington urged to halt 'dangerous' hike in truck weight and size

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

The US Congress has been urged to put the brakes on proposed increases to permitted truck weights and sizes. A pressure group made up of the Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, US Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who ha

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Top Chef star urges Congress to support anti-hunger programs

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...anti-hunger programs in advance of Congress beginning work on a new farm bill . Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio joined with Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) to headline a screening of the documentary “ A Place at the Table ” at the Rayburn House Office Buil

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Tom Colicchio: 'Just Say No' to Farm Bill

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...think we’re better off not passing the farm bill. The status quo is better than cuts,” he said. Colicchio has a strong ally in Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a co-chairman of the Congressional Hunger Caucus and member of the Agriculture panel, who said

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Washington urged to halt 'dangerous' hike in truck weight and size

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...pressure group’s Safe Highways and Infrastructure Protection Act (SHIPA), sponsored by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), will be re-introduced today and will thwart efforts by some in Congress and at the Department of Trans

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Documents from Hemingway's time in Cuba come to US

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...in digital format at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. "Art, literature and culture can bring people together," Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Monday at the US Capitol. "This has gone on for over a decade. This is a success story. This shows we c

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Documents from Hemingway's time in Cuba come to US

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...public in digital format at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. "Art, literature and culture can bring people together," Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Monday at the US Capitol. "This has gone on for over a decade. This is a success story. This sho

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