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Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 29 to April 2, 2021 Modified: 4/9/2021 2:39:57 PM There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times each representative sided with Gov. Charlie Baker on his 151 vetoes of items in the 2020 session. A two-thirds vote is required to override a gubernatorial veto. In a full 160-member House, the governor needed the support of 54 representatives to sustain a veto when all 160 representatives voted — and fewer votes when some members were absent, or a seat was vacant. Baker fell short of that ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 29 to April 2, 2021 Published: 4/9/2021 2:39:53 PM There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times each representative sided with Gov. Charlie Baker on his 151 vetoes of items in the 2020 session. A two-thirds vote is required to override a gubernatorial veto. In a full 160-member House, the governor needed the support of 54 representatives to sustain a veto when all 160 representatives voted — and fewer votes when some members were absent, or a seat was vacant. Baker fell short of that...

Relief bill coming together to aid workers, businesses By Katie Lannan State House News Service Top legislative Democrats on Monday sketched out the broad outlines of legislation they said they'd pass quickly, perhaps this week, to provide relief to workers and businesses still facing the economic strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Ways and Means Committee Chairs Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and Sen. Michael Rodrigues said the bill they'd agreed upon includes measures around paid leave, exemption from taxes for forgiven Paycheck Protecti...

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Group of state reps call for firing of Mass. Climate Change Undersecretary David Ismay after he was caught saying state needs to ‘break’ the will of consumers Updated Feb 09, 2021; A group of Massachusetts lawmakers are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to fire his undersecretary for climate change over a video that surfaced last week in which he says the state needs to “break” the will of consumers “so they stop emitting.” In light of what eight state representatives described as “insensitive and offensive remarks” made by Undersecretary for Climate Change David Ismay last month...