THE HOUSE AND SENATE
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021.
OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179)
House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consent.
“I strongly support a woman’s right to access reproductive health care, and many provisions of this bill,” said Baker in a letter that accompanied his veto. “I support, for example, the provision that would enable a woman to access an abortion where the child would not survive after birth, and the modifications to the judicial bypass process that make it more accessible to minors who are unable to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian. I also support the changes that elimina
Baker Delivers Another Blow to Massachusetts Businesses [OPINION]
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, not content with destroying thousands of businesses with his COVID-19 restrictions, is coming for the rest with a new regional gas tax in his quest to control the climate.
Baker has announced a Transportation and Climate Initiative with Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia to develop a cap-and-invest program. The goal is to reduce pollution from motor vehicles by raising new taxes to expand clean transit options and improve public health.
Baker had been in discussions for two years with the governors of a dozen East Coast states to form such a coalition, but in the end, only Rhode Island, Connecticut, and D.C. bought into the scam.