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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is concerned about Facebook’s new privacy policy change on teen users. Facebook advertised its decision Wednesday to allow teens 13-17 to start sharing their info publicly and to have their posts followed on news feeds giving them the same choices as other social media sites Facebook said teens were among the […] More »

MARKEY SAYS GOP AT FAULT FOR SHUTDOWN, EFFECTS ON ENERGY PRODUCTION: Sen. Ed Markey has a new analysis of the shutdown’s effects on federal drilling safety oversight and permit processing and no work on offshore renewable energy (Pros will remember a similar roundup of shutdown information in ME last week). The Massachusetts Democrat also manages […] More »

As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Saturday that most of the military’s civilian contractors who found themselves out of work due to the government shutdown could return to work next week, the decision was immediately praised by a Massachusetts democrat who had been pushing for such a move. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called on […] More »

With just hours until a deadline kicking off a shutdown of non-essential government services, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., delivered a speech on the Senate floor blaming Tea Party Republicans for the stalemate over spending. “I think Tea Party Republicans saw Breaking Bad’s dramatic depiction of reckless behavior last night and thought they could put on a […] More »

Citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued to the United Nations Friday as cause for action, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey is hailing the work of the team of scientists whose report determined that most of the planet’s global warming is indeed man-made. The report, compiled by 600 contributing authors from 32 countries, concluded that the […] More »

WASHINGTON _ A series of federal programs Bay State residents rely on — including getting help with Social Security benefits, college loans, veterans health services and Head Start — would be cut or delayed if the federal government is forced to close due to Congress’s inability to reach a compromise on spending priorities, Senator Edward […] More »

… Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, said in a statement that the proposed rules would begin a new era in which the United States began real efforts to control “climate-altering pollution” from the nation’s power plants. “These rules are reasonable,” Mr. Markey said. “They are feasible. And they should soon be expanded to […] More »

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, laid out some of his core priorities in his maiden speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Markey’s speech, which included historical references and sweeping praise for Massachusetts, touched on issues including clean energy and climate change, gun violence and privacy. “Massachusetts has survived, and it has […] More »

Gun control, the environment and the economy were among the issues that U.S. Rep. Ed Markey said would be priorities should he win the upcoming special election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry. More »

There was no mistaking who the Berkshire Brigade members are pulling for in the upcoming special election in Massachusetts, just like there’s no mistaking where Congressman Edward Markey stands on political issues. More »