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NORTH SHORE — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has issued a statement explaining why he voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump.
It is just the third impeachment voted by the House of Representatives in U.S. history.
The votes were largely along party lines. However, three Democrats voted against the measure, and presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard effectively abstained by voting present.
No Republicans supported impeachment.
Washington (CNN)Nancy Pelosi was irritated.
The House Judiciary Committee was about to publicly debate articles of impeachment against the President, but on December 11, behind closed doors, the House speaker had a list of grievances to air against her members.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) and a majority of the House of Representatives voted to impeach the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. Moulton made the following statement:
SALEM — On a "momentous day" when a divided Congress was poised to impeach the president for only the third time in U.S. history, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton held a Facebook town hall Wednesday morning to say he planned to vote "yes" on the two articles before the House of Representatives.
"I do plan to vote 'yes' on both articles of impeachment as I've described earlier," said the Salem Democrat..
Since 1996, the Essex National Heritage Area has presented the region’s history, nature and culture as a form of national park, but its federal funding could end within the next two years.
Yesterday, U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton took the first steps toward extending the life of its guiding organization beyond Sept. 30, 2021. They introduced the Essex National Heritage Area Permanency Act. The bill would eliminate the federal funding end date and the total budget cap for the Essex National Heritage Area.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) introduced the Essex National Heritage Area Permanency Act. On September 30, 2021, the Essex National Heritage Area’s authorization is set to sunset—meaning Essex Heritage will exist in name only, without any federal funding to operate in current form. The bill would eliminate the sunset provision and the total funding cap for the Essex National Heritage Area.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) paid tribute to Pete Frates in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of Pete Frates.
I’m reminded of something my minister at Harvard, Peter Gomes, used to say often: “The radical news of the Gospel is not that heaven is the destination of the faithful. The radical news is that God wants us to flourish in our present lives, our earthly existence, and to do so more in the future than in the past.”
SALEM — Congressman Seth Moulton paid tribute Tuesday on the floor of the House of Representatives to Pete Frates, the Beverly man whose struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) helped popularize the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Since being diagnosed in March 2012, Frates and his supporters raised millions for research for a cure to ALS, the disease that took his life at age 34 on Dec. 9.
An additional 4,000 Afghan interpreters who helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan could receive Special Immigrant Visas, thanks to a provision included in the National Defense Authorization Act the House passed last week.
The legislation, if passed in the Senate, means that a total of 22,500 visas through the Special Immigrant Visa program could be issued to former Afghan interpreters — up from the 18,500 limit previously in place.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — When the average Massachusetts driver thinks about what it costs to own a car, they probably lists the obvious costs: car payments, insurance, gas and maintenance. But a study released this week by the Harvard Kennedy School says the costs are much higher than most people realize, and that driving in Massachusetts costs the average family about $14,000 per year — even if they don't own a car.