SPRINGFIELD -- The giant menorah in Springfield's Court Square was lit Monday in a ceremony to mark the second day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.
City officials, the public and children and staff from the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy attended.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, Mayor Domenic Sarno and Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky, of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy, lit the menorah.… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Springfield held its community Menorah lighting in court square Monday afternoon.
Congressman Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno joined Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky to light the flames on the giant menorah.
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah officially began Sunday night at sunset.
This year's menorah lighting was dedicated to the victims of the tree… Read more »
Democrats are sorting out their leadership in the U.S. House — and it looks like Massachusetts is getting even more clout.
Reps. Jim McGovern and Richard Neal are part of an already-powerful Massachusetts delegation in the U.S. House. Now that's been increased by one, as Rep. Katherine Clark clinched a key leadership spot last week to become the… Read more »
The Massachusetts House delegation is going into the 116th Congress wielding perhaps more influence than the Bay State has seen since the days of Joe Moakley and Tip O'Neill.
There's been a lot of excitement about new members of the Massachusetts delegation, freshmen Lori Trahan from Westford and Ayanna Pressley from Boston, but the real local power players of the coming Congress are… Read more »
Richard Neal is a patient man in a hurry.
Wait, isn’t that an oxymoron?
Well, consider: Neal, the dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, has spent 26 years on the House Ways and Means Committee. Early next year, after a quarter-century of diligent policy- and relationship-making, the 69-year-old will claim the committee gavel — and with it, become one of… Read more »
BOSTON — The Democrat poised to take the reins of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday the panel would revisit elements of the tax law approved by the Republican-led Congress, and raised hopes for bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill.
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Massachusetts, is all but certain to assume the chairmanship when the Democrats take over control… Read more »
As he prepares to take the gavel of a powerful tax writing committee in the new Democrat-controlled House, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal urged his fellow Democrats yesterday to “focus on governing” rather than an intraparty leadership squabble that has dominated the post-midterm discussion.
House Democrats will caucus in Washington today to select a leadership team that will help… Read more »
A day before Democrats were set to pick US House leaders, Rep. Richard Neal launched into a defense of Nancy Pelosi.
Neal, the Springfield Democrat in line to chair the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said he has worked the phones in support of Pelosi, who is looking to return to the House speakership.
"You've probably heard there's a bit of dispute in our family," Neal joked… Read more »
Infrastructure spending and protecting health insurance for pre-existing health care conditions are among the top priorities for Rep. Richard Neal, who will take over the powerful Ways and Means Committee when Democrats assume control of the House of Representatives.
Speaking with Boston business leaders Tuesday, Neal said he recently spoke with Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's… Read more »
You can't beat somebody with nobody.
Politicians know that, or they should.
That is why maverick U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton of Salem lost so badly in his bold but futile effort to thwart Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat minority leader, from becoming the next speaker of the U.S House.
He had nobody to support, and you can't replace somebody with nobody. Things don't work that way.
Even Ohio… Read more »
