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A Bill to extend the E3 visa scheme to Irish citizens has been reintroduced in the US Congress as part of a renewed effort to win congressional support for the scheme. House Democrat Richard Neal, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, reintroduced the Bill on Tuesday to the House. However, it will still need to be endorsed by the 435-member chamber. It… Read more »

Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting at the White House on Tuesday and announced that President Trump had agreed to pursue a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to upgrade the nation’s highways, railroads, bridges and broadband. Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, said that there had been “good will” in the meeting and that it was “different… Read more »

President Donald Trump and leading Democratic lawmakers agreed a plan to overhaul U.S. infrastructure would need $2 trillion, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday. “We agreed on a number, which was very, very good,” Schumer said. Rebuilding the country’s aging infrastructure is one of the few bipartisan issues in American politics.… Read more »

As the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Richard Neal says he has the jurisdiction to audit anyone’s tax returns — including those of President Donald Trump. Neal put in a request for Trump’s tax returns between 2013-2018 on Apr. 3, arguing that his committee needed to conduct oversight of the Internal Revenue Service’s policy of auditing… Read more »

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield was a guest of honor Thursday at a weekly luncheon for Veterans and their families. The congressman received a warm welcome at St.Paul's Episcopal Church in Holyoke. It's been several years since St. Paul's began hosting the Thursday meals for local veterans and their families. The majority of the veterans are Vietnam… Read more »

The Treasury Department on Tuesday defied for a second time a deadline set by House Democrats to turn over six years of President Trump's tax returns, intensifying one of several legal clashes between the administration and Democratic-controlled committees in the House. In a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat,… Read more »

Massachusetts will receive $61 million in federal funding to support local AmeriCorps programs. Members of the state’s congressional delegation announced the grants this week, which were awarded to 26 organizations based in Massachusetts and will support more than 6,600 AmeriCorps members. AmeriCorps members help with a range of projects from early childhood education to… Read more »

The chances of the European Union striking a trade deal with the United States would be endangered if it jeopardised the Belfast Agreement after Brexit, US Democratic congressman Richard Neal has warned. The new and significant threat to Brussels comes after repeated warnings to London that a future trade agreement between the UK and US would not happen should… Read more »

For years, Elizabeth Warren has gotten top billing as one of President Trump’s chief critics. But these days, several other Massachusetts Democrats are gaining national attention for their leading roles in the investigatory and legislative assaults on the Trump administration. Richard Neal is using the power vested in his post as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee to… Read more »

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi attended the ceremony where Congressman Richard Neal made a significant announcement about Ulster University’s Hume O’Neill Washington Lecture Series. Congressman Richard Neal has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by Ulster University for his outstanding contribution to peace and conflict… Read more »