January 9th, 2017
Interviewed by Ira Glass Host Ira Glass interviews Congressman Seth Moulton (D., Mass.), who served four tours as a Marine in Iraq. Moulton talks about an Iraqi translator he grew close to, and about a special visa program that allows Iraqi and Afghan translators to come to the U.S. What will happen to the program after […]
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January 6th, 2017
The Democratic minority, outraged voters and the president-elect came together this week to strike a blow against congressional overreach. A string of victories in the November elections had apparently convinced some House Republicans they could insulate themselves from ethics complaints by gutting a key watchdog agency. Acting under the cover of the New Year’s holiday […]
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January 4th, 2017
By Astead W. Herndon WASHINGTON — House Republicans, faced with a firestorm of public anger and presidential disapproval, abandoned a just-approved amendment Tuesday that would have gutted the independent House Office of Congressional Ethics. The swift reversal, which came less than 24 hours after the proposed changes were announced, highlights the current degree of discord […]
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January 3rd, 2017
By: Eugene Scott (CNN) Democrats on the Hill — including Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts — are speaking out against Republicans’ push to limit the powers of a watchdog panel that polices the ethics of Congress, saying it’s “absolutely ridiculous.” “They completely blindsided us. It’s absolutely ridiculous,” Moulton told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Tuesday on “New Day.” […]
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January 3rd, 2017
By: William J. Dowd Congressman Seth Moulton is no longer a freshman member of Congress. The Salem Democrat was sworn in for his second term Tuesday, nearly two months after 6th District voters reelected him — uncontested – in the Nov. 8 election to represent them in the 115th Congress. “Serving the Sixth District is […]
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January 3rd, 2017
House Republicans gutted the independent watchdog without any notice. By: Kyle Scott Clauss Without any notice or debate and just hours before the new Congress was set to be sworn in, House Republican gutted the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, formed in 2008 following a rash of corruption scandals. Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte of Virginia announced late […]
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January 1st, 2017
By: Ethan Forman SALEM — Soon-to-be sophomore Sixth District Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, is not a person who likes to sit still for too long. That’s not only because he has a standing desk in his Washington, D.C. office. It is, he says, because he and his staff are working hard to represent the district […]
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December 16th, 2016
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan bill, Faster Care for Veterans Act, sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem that aims at cutting down on veterans’ wait times to get in front of medical doctors. It is the first piece of legislation authored by Moulton to become law. The president’s signature came less than […]
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December 15th, 2016
By: Mary Markos ESSEX — It’s just a bill on Capitol Hill, but President Obama’s signature would be a panacea for boaters who travel the Essex River. If the president signs it, the Water Resource Development Act of 2016 (WRDA) would allow dredging in the Essex River for the first time since 1992 because of a provision pushed […]
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December 13th, 2016
By: Sean Horgan GLOUCESTER — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton was well into his town meeting Monday with an overflow crowd of Cape Ann constituents when a military veteran in the audience described his own experiences with the Veterans Administration health system as largely positive. After thanking the man both for his service and his question, […]
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