 Paul Crocetti is in his final semester of grad school at Boston University. He is set to graduate in January 2007 with a master’s degree in print journalism. In Washington, he is writing for the Washington bureau of the Cape Cod Times and interning at Cox News. At B.U., Paul was an editor of The Comment, a graduate student magazine, and the Muckraker, the journalism department’s newsletter. Over the past year, he interned at the Boston Phoenix and the arts section of Boston.com, where he created photo galleries and wrote stories for the Web site. Before attending B.U., Paul received his undergraduate degree from Boston College. He served as an editor of The Heights, the student weekly, for three years, including one year as arts editor. As editor, he led meetings, laid out the section and wrote stories on the likes of P.T. Anderson and Chris Rock. Although Paul attends B.U. now, he wants to make it clear that he still roots for B.C. in hockey. He also enjoys playing guitar, watching the Red Sox and, of course, reading the paper.
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Earmarked Funding: Time for Reform?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-- Bike paths on the Lower Cape got $7 million to make them longer. The Cape’s public bus line received $2.9 million. And the new park at the Bass River Marina in Dennis got $1.4 million. Congressman William Delahunt, D-Mass., helped secure these funds over the past two years through a legislative process called earmarking, a subject of much recent debate in Congress. Earmarks are funding secured by a member of Congress for a specific project outside of the ordinary appropriations process.
Questions Loom for Romney’s Surging Campaign
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — While Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani have better name recognition, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s fundraising skills could help push him towards the top of the list of Republican presidential contenders, according to some political observers.
Delahunt Calls for More Oversight into Costly Cuba Program
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 —Millions of dollars intended for promoting democracy in Cuba were spent without adequate federal oversight, according to a new government report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 —For the sixth straight Congress, Massachusetts voters have sent all Democrats to the House and Senate. As a result, the state continues its reign as the most heavily populated in the nation with an all-Democratic delegation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 —Bloggers are having a direct effect on campaign contributions during the midterm elections, according to experts in the media field. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., donated $250,000 last week to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and another $250,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. But in the week before that, a number of liberal bloggers posted messages asking members of Congress with excess campaign cash to give more to the candidates who need it.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 —Usually the words “Congress” and “game” do not go together. But a new Web site, FantasyCongress.org, has combined the two in the hope that people will pay more attention to government.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 —As election season enters its homestretch, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) hold financial advantages of millions of dollars over their Republican opponents, according to campaign finance filings with the Federal Election Commission.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 – Internet content providers may have to pay increasing amounts of money to get onto the web, depending upon the outcome of a complex, little-noticed, but growing, legislative fight.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11--A new Web site is making information on the salaries of the 24,000 staff members who work for Congress easily accessible to the public, but not without words of caution from the site’s founder.
Foreign Employees Receive Extension on Visas
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-- Congress last week acted to extend an exemption in the H-2b visa program, allowing foreign workers who have been employed in the United States in the last three years to work here next year.
Medicare Releases Plans to Aid Controversial Coverage Gaps
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 —The coverage gap in Medicare has become a hot topic this year, as millions of seniors have found that they have to pay the full cost for prescription drugs once their total costs reach a certain point. But there is some help on the horizon, with Medicare announcing that insurance companies are now offering many new plans, including 15 in Massachusetts, that will cover some of the cost of drugs during the coverage gap.
Kennedy Joins Senators, Religious Leaders in Urging Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — With just days to go before Congress breaks for the November elections, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) joined Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), other senators and religious leaders in urging comprehensive immigration reform.
Cancer Activists Join Thousands in Yearly Trek to Washington
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21– Thousands of cancer activists filled the National Mall and corridors of Congress this week, and each had a different story to tell. Some have battled the disease themselves. Some know 10 or 20 people who have had cancer. They all came together to spread awareness of the disease and push for more research-funding.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Citing the Buzzards Bay oil spill of 2003, U.S. Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.) and other members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are urging the federal government to enforce more protective measures for the oil industry.
Restriction on Off-Reservation Indian Gaming Fails to Pass House
WASHINGTON–A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday failed to restrict Indian tribes from building off-reservation gambling facilities. As a result, in states where casinos are legal, Indian tribes with state approval can continue to acquire land outside their reservations for gaming purposes.
Delahunt Leads Press Conference Announcing Challenges to Travel Industry
WASHINGTON—In an effort to strengthen the country’s image abroad, U.S. Rep. William Delahunt joined leaders of the travel industry Wednesday to propose steps to reduce barriers to travel to the United States.
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