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Washington, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) is marking Women's Equality Day by celebrating the fact that, 95 years ago, a group of dedicated women and men made history when the 19th Amendment was adopted, ensuring America's women the right to vote. Across the 72 years between the first major women's rights conference at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and the adoption of the 19th Amendment, America's suffragettes and their supporters marched and petitioned, risked imprisonment, and showed enormous courage and vision.
As the House prepares to vote on Pres. Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, they can count on a ‘no' from at least one PA Congressman.
On Sunday, freshman Rep. Brendan Boyle published an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer to announce that he would not support the agreement. Boyle argued that approving the Iran deal would increase the likelihood of war in the Middle East.
By Brendan F. Boyle
The coming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement has been called the most important foreign policy vote since the Iraq War. As such, partisan politics have no place when it comes to the national security of the United States.
By Brendan F. Boyle
The coming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear agreement has been called the most important foreign policy vote since the Iraq War. As such, partisan politics have no place when it comes to the national security of the United States.
By Jason Kaneshiro
The congressman who represents the area where Defense Logistics Agency Troop
Support is located visited the agency Aug. 14.
Rep. Brendan Boyle, representing Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District,
learned about DLA Troop Support's mission to support the warfighter through
its five diverse supply chains.
Dear NDECC Members,
We're excited to report that we had a fantastic first-ever College Democrats of America (CDA) Ethnic Council that took place last week at the University of DC as part of the larger four-day CDA Convention. We've shared some photos with you below!
Planning ahead: A SEPTA representative said that the transportation agency is willing to redevelop its employee parking lot at Pratt and Griscom streets for commercial uses sought by the community. Such a project would not conflict with the agency's plan to build the control center and district office on an adjacent parcel. Above, an artist rendering for the project is shown. SOURCE: SEPTA
Congressman Brendan Boyle joined a bipartisan coalition on July 28 to introduce the Medicare Common Access Card Act (H.R. 3220), a bill that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to initiate a smart card pilot program and issue new, more secure Medicare cards to select participants.
Visiting Jerusalem, freshman Democratic U.S. Representative Brad Ashford of Nebraska said Wednesday he'd "vote no" if asked now to decide on the Iran nuclear agreement backed by President Barack Obama.
"There's a lot of skepticism" about the deal among the other Democratic members of the House of Representatives traveling with him in Israel, Ashford said.
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) marked the 22 year Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by praising the accomplishments of the law. It was August 5, 1993 when the FMLA was signed into law, and since then the law has helped families across the country more than 200 million times.