Mike in the News

Congressman Mike Capuano, D-Mass., has decided to hang onto his seat rather than challenge U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. Read more

The practices of the communications giant Verizon rankled Somerville Congressman Michael Capuano, who joined the Verizon strikers in their protest. Read more

Federal highway and transit funding, including hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Massachusetts, could fall victim to the same brinksmanship that has characterized recent partisan fights in Congress, according to U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano. Read more

With debate swirling about whether the nation is entangled in its third recession in a decade, hundreds of striking Verizon workers marched in a picket line around company offices here and a pair of Congressmen showed up to support them. Read more

A local native killed while serving in Iraq was honored Sunday with the renaming of the Jamaica Plain Post Office. Dozens of people and local dignitaries attended the ceremony at the Centre Street building, now named Lance Cpl. Alexander Scott Arredondo, U.S. Marine Corps Post Office Building. Read more

The Massachusetts Congressional Delegation has just launched a video that supports The It Gets Better Project, an initiative started back in September 2010 with an intent to inspire hope for young individuals that deal with harassment. Read more and watch the video

On the NECN television news program "Broadside," host Jim Braude interviews Rep. Mike Capuano about public-sector labor dispute in Wisconsin. "You can not argue that working people do not have the right to negotiate their own wages and benefits," said Capuano. Watch the video

Speakers from the Hill confirmed their standing commitment to establishing lasting peace for all of Sudan. “We don’t do this work because it gets us a lot of votes back home,” said Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA). “We do it because it’s the right thing to do.” Read the article

“These proposed cuts [in the President's budget] are just too steep and will result in significant funding challenges for organizations like CAPIC that help families who are struggling to make ends meet,” said Capuano. Read the article

Following a U.S. House vote last year, the Jamaica Plain Post Office is to be named after Lcpl. Alexander S. Arredondo, a native of the community who died in active duty in August 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. Read the article

WCVB's Ed Harding and Janet Wu interview Bay State politicians on this weekly television program. View segments from the Jan. 30, 2011, show featuring Rep. Michael Capuano.

Robin Young of the WBUR radio program "Here and Now" speaks with Congressman Mike Capuano about his plans for the next two years and what he has to say to the incoming Republican majority. Listen to the program

The new Republican leadership in the House tried to capture the U.S. Constitution by reading a somewhat bowdlerized version of it aloud on the House floor this week. “I’ve read the Constitution,’’ said U.S. Representative Michael Capuano. “I’ve also read the Bible and Moby Dick. People have argued over the meaning of these things for years.’’  Read the article

Mike Capuano, the popular representative from the state’s 8th District – and former Somerville mayor — faces new challenges in Washington D.C. as he returns to a House newly controlled by the GOP. Listen to the interview

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Congressman Michael Capuano, regional representatives of U.S. Housing and Urban Development, and other local and state officials today hailed a 15 percent energy reduction and $40,000 annual saving that result from work under a $2.7 million HUD "green" grant implemented by B'nai B'rith Housing New England at Covenant House Properties in Brighton. Read the article

Senator John Kerry and Congressman Mike Capuano announced Wednesday that Somerville will receive $1.8 million in federal funds to complete a comprehensive citywide transportation plan incorporating the six new rapid transit stations being built in the city by 2015. Read the article

Mike discusses with Jim Braude the forthcoming election and possible outcomes and impacts in the U.S. House of Representatives on the New England Cable News program Broadside. Watch the video interview

WBUR's Monica Brady-Myerov examines the much maligned and misunderstood topic of earmarks, and how one particular earmark-funded biotech project in the 8th district is saving lives. Read the article

The House and Senate adjourned last night, just weeks before the tax cuts are set to expire. “It is both a political and a governmental mistake,’’ said Representative Michael Capuano, a Somerville Democrat, of the delayed vote. He pushed for a vote this week and tried floating an alternate proposal — to no avail. “To me, it is a classic example of what’s wrong with Washington.’’ Read the article

The Committee on House Administration passed the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 6116/1826); landmark legislation aimed at putting our elections squarely where they belong: back in the hands of voters. Chairman Bob Brady and his colleagues on the committee, Reps. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.), Susan Davis (D-Calif.), Charlie Gonzales (D-Texas), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), must all be commended for their leadership on passing this legislation today. Read the article

Tahir Chaudhry of Lexington and his recently formed Pak Flood Relief Group drew more than 150 people, and keynote speaker Rep. Mike Capuano, to John Hancock Hall in the Back Bay for a fund-raiser to benefit three charities in flood-stricken Pakistan. Read more

"Federal stimulus funds will give Boston residents increased access to computer technology, including Internet training, at locations throughout the city. Students returning to school, those searching for employment and people who need a little help navigating the Internet will all benefit from this investment," said U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano. Read more

Senate Republicans said yesterday they are opposed to an extension of tax cuts for middle-income families unless cuts also are extended for the wealthiest Americans, setting up a defining showdown with President Obama in the run-up to November’s midterm elections. Read more

Chelsea owes Congressman Mike Capuano a debt of gratitude for his concerted effort to bring quite a bit of Federal money into the city allowing for, among other things, the recent purchase and payment of a $470,000 fire engine. Read the editorial

Corporations would be required to give their shareholders an annual vote on how much money to spend on political activities under a bill approved by the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday. Michael E. Capuano drafted the bill. Read the article

Mike is interviewed by Randy Price and Janet Wu on the WCVB television news program "On The Record".  Read more and watch videos from the program

Nine of the state’s ten Democratic U.S. House members are seeking re-election and all but Rep. Michael Capuano will face Republican competition. Read more

On Monday, Senator John F. Kerry, Representative Michael Capuano, and nine other Massachusetts congressional leaders sent a letter to the chief executives of Shaw’s and Supervalu, addressing the “talks that seemed to have perilously broken down’’ and urging them to go back to bargaining table with striking warehouse workers. Read more

In January the Supreme Court vastly altered the electoral landscape of 2010 with its 5-4 decision in Citizens United vs. FEC. The ruling eviscerated some important and long-standing campaign finance laws...Of course, we cannot ignore the will of our highest court. But lawmakers can seek to limit its negative impact through legislative action. One way to do that is through a corporate governance approach. Read Mike's op-ed