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Politics: President Lyndon B. Johnson Newsletter for 2022-05-22 ( 2 items )  
Action for Boston Community Development Thanks Assistant Spreaker Katherine Clark, Massachusetts Delegation, for Passage of Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 19 (TNSpol) -- Action for Boston Community Development issued the following news release: On Friday, May 13, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2021-2022 on a 246-169 vote. The bill reauthorizes the Community Services Block Grant program through FY2031 and makes important changes concerning administration and leadership. performance measurement, and minimum and maximum allotments to states, more PR

House Majority Whip Clyburn Applauds House Passage of Comprehensive Anti-Poverty Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn applauded the House passage of H.R. 6531, the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation he introduced with Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY) to direct federal funding to high-poverty communities. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced a companion bill in the Senate. The bill builds on more PR