There wasn’t a rock concert in Greenfield Middle School Sunday afternoon. Instead, the lines of people snaking around the building and the palpable excitement in the crisp air were a sign of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s town hall-style forum inside the school. From the reception she received, it would be hard to tell the difference. The … Continued
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren participated in a dedication ceremony Wednesday for a commemorative chair in Washington designed to honor American prisoners of war and the tens of thousands of service members missing in action. The memorial was authorized by a bill co-sponsored by Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and fellow … Continued
Breaking through the Senate’s near-constant gridlock, Elizabeth Warren on Thursday scored a rare bipartisan legislative win. The Senate voted 94 to 1 to pass a broad Food and Drug Administration bill that contained a measure written by the Massachusetts Democrat to allow consumers to purchase hearing aids without going through a licensed audiologist or other … Continued
A bipartisan group of senators traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates over the Fourth of July holiday, visiting US troops serving overseas as well as meeting with high-level government officials from the three nations. Lead by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, the delegation included Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sheldon … Continued
Senator Elizabeth Warren spent her Fourth of July visiting US troops and nonmilitary personnel in Afghanistan as part of a four-day trip to the Middle East that included extensive discussions with local leaders. “This trip only reaffirmed my belief that we need comprehensive, whole-of-government strategy,” Warren told the Globe. “Nobody on the ground here believes … Continued
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., paired up to bring back their “Veterans Care Financial Protection Act” proposal. The bill would make the federal Department of Veterans Affairs work with state and federal agencies to stop con men who are diverting federal aid away from veterans. Rubio and … Continued