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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 o...

By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service January 7, 2021 Chris Lisinski, State House News Service New Speaker Ronald Mariano addressed his colleagues on Dec. 30 after being elected leader of the Massachusetts House. Sam Doran/SHNS photo The Ronald Mariano era is here, and there will be no gently paced transition period in the Massachusetts House. Mariano, a 74-year-old Quincy Democrat and longtime deputy to now-departed Speaker Robert DeLeo, ascended to the speakership on Dec. 30 with only six days remaining in the unusual 2020-2021 lawmaking session, against the backdrop of a still-ragi...

The House Speaker Ronald Mariano era is here, and there will be no gently paced transition period.Mariano, a 74-year-old Quincy Democrat and longtime deputy to now-departed Speaker Robert DeLeo, took the reins of the House on Wednesday with only six...

One day after House Speaker Robert DeLeo resigned, the Speaker Ronald Mariano era began. The House elected Mariano, a 74-year-old Quincy Democrat and longtime DeLeo deputy, as its next speaker Wednesday with 123 votes, and he takes control of the House six days before the end of the unusual 2020-2021 lawmaking session. All 31 Republican […]

So sure was Robert DeLeo of House Speaker-to-be Ron Mariano's loyalty that the steely-eyed DeLeo didn't blink when Quincy Democrat Mariano began several years ago to quietly solicit support to succeed the once-called "Speaker For Life." Now the transition is almost complete, with even the co-chairs of the House Progressive Caucus pledged to the 74-year old Mariano. Mariano's ascension takes a chapter from the rules according to DeLeo, the foundation of which is to make sure there is a rock-solid majority in favor of any proposal before scheduling a vote. On rare occasions — the recent vote...