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A handful of House Democrats staged a protest in the well of the House Chambers on Wednesday to demand action on gun control measures that Republicans say would violate due process rights. Nearly three dozen Democrats, our own Bill Keating among them,  staged a sit-in in the well of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on a controversial bill that would ban weapons sales to individuals on

The City of New Bedford welcomed a possible congressional ally for the fishing industry Thursday to tour fisheries along the harbor.

There's bipartisan legislation on Capitol Hill that would encourage physicians to co-prescribe the life-saving drug naloxone, otherwise known as narcan, alongside opioid prescriptions. The bill was filed by Mass. Congressman Bill Keating and Republican Rep...

Mark Alliegro has announced his candidacy for the 9th Congressional District in Massachusetts. The Republican addressed a variety of issues during an appearance on "The Taylor Cormier Show" Friday, including the ongoing fight between fishermen and NOAA...

Congressman Bill Keating welcomed the latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld a section of the Affordable Care Act that provided taxpayer subsidies for low-income residents in nearly three dozen states that have not set up health insurance exchanges.

A recently passed amendment could provide more for money for fisheries research.

New Bedford will receive $200,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Democratic U.S. Rep. William Keating has won his re-election bid, defeating Republican challenger John Chapman in Massachusetts' 9th Congressional District. After last year's Boston Marathon bombing, Keating pushed for an amendment to encourage stronger intelligence sharing among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies...

Tuesday's elections are expected to restore power in the senate to Republicans. UMass Dartmouth Political Science professor Kenneth Manning says President Obama's low approval rating is spurning the change of heart in Americans. Manning says, however, don't expect much out of Washington over the next two years...

A Republican candidate for Congress stopped by New Bedford's Pier 3 Wednesday to talk about the local fishing industry.