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	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. Senate eyes civil unions
		Leaders of the Massachusetts Senate are preparing to push legislation to establish civil unions for gays and lesbians, a form of legal recognition for same-sex relationships that only Vermont has enacted into law.
		Increasingly, some members of the Senate believe the court may direct the Legislature to address the question of the legal status of same-sex relationships, and they want to be prepared.
		Senator Robert A. Havern III, an Arlington Democrat and the assistant majority whip, said he believes there is enough support among senators to pass civil union legislation, but stressed he has not conducted a formal poll of members.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2003/09/07/mass_senate_eyes_civil_unions (1036 words)

	Massachusetts Senate vote aids gay 'marriages' - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 20, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Massachusetts state Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 1913 law that Gov. Mitt Romney says forbids out-of-state homosexual couples from "marrying" in Massachusetts.
		The repeal was approved 28-3 as part of the Senate version of the state budget.
		On Monday, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex "marriage," based on the state Supreme Judicial Court's 2003 Goodridge decision, which struck down the state's marriage requirement of a man and a woman as discrimination.
	washingtontimes.com /national/20040519-111655-7685r.htm (600 words)

	Massachusetts Senate Shuns Medicaid Cut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Senate leaders also propose spending 80 percent of the $300 million annual settlement with the tobacco companies -- violating a signed agreement reached by Birmingham and House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran last fall to spend no more than 50 percent of that revenue in fiscal 2003.
		Senate Ways and Means Chairman Mark C. Montigny said that preserving health care commitments made during the boom years of the 1990s is more important to senators than socking money away for future health care uses.
		The Senate is scheduled to debate and approve the budget next week, and House and Senate negotiators will then work out their differences before sending the document to Acting Governor Jane Swift.
	www.globalaging.org /health/us/shuns.htm (470 words)

	CLT Update: 02 Jun 06 - Legislators have tasted taxpayers' blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Senate leaders are backing more than $1.2 billion in new taxes and fees in the state budget, including raising charges on speeding tickets, court filings, and other areas, as they plan a $300 million expansion in state spending next year - $200 million more than the House proposed last month.
		Senate leaders are proposing to blow up the Massachusetts Film Office - a move critics charge is payback for the agency's cooperation in a federal probe of indicted Teamsters chief George Cashman.
		Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham, who is running for governor and earlier touted the increases in health and education spending, did not appear for the announcement of additional tax increases and spending cuts.
	www.cltg.org /cltg/cltg2002/02-06-06.htm (2760 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Massachusetts Senate hopefuls raise millions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Massachusetts House members eyeing Democrat John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat are raising millions of dollars in a high-stakes race to show their statewide campaign credibility.
		WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts House members eyeing Democrat John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat are raising millions of dollars in a high-stakes race to show their statewide campaign credibility.
		Kerry's presidential bid opens up the possibility that one of the state's two Senate seats will up for grabs for the first time in 20 years.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/07/15/massachusetts_senate_hopefuls_raise_millions (402 words)

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		BOSTON - If John Kerry is elected president, his seat in the U.S. Senate would be filled by the winner of a special election rather than a successor hand-picked by Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, under a bill approved Wednesday by the Massachusetts Senate.
		We have an existing law that allows the governor to fill the empty U.S. Senate seat, so the Democrats use their majority in the Massachusetts senate to create a totally new law that is to their liking, just like the Torricelli/Lautenberg scam in New Jersey.
		We, the people of Massachusetts, were NOT allowed to vote on homosexual marriage, and now this whore is using our outcry for an opportunity to vote to instead advance her party's agenda.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=6674494&postID=108805627682266121 (392 words)

	CLT News Release: 05-05-20 - Memo to the Massachusetts Senate Regarding the Tax Rollback
		We hope that the Senate has more respect for the voters than the House showed in its FY’06 budget, which ignores the mandate to rollback the income tax rate to its traditional 5 percent.
		Though to be fair, the House did not have the advantage of having seen the extraordinary April revenues.
		Massachusetts faces many challenges as the economy changes, as the population ages.
	www.cltg.org /cltg/clt2005/05-05-20_nr.htm (339 words)

	Massachusetts: U.S. Senate
		Robinson's shortcoming on signatures followed a series of missteps in his bid to unseat the liberal senator, a task which the state's own Republican governor likened to a ``kamikaze mission.'' ``As of 5 p.m.
		Running for the Senate, he likes to say, is the only one of his four life goals that remains unaccomplished -- the other three having been to graduate from Harvard, to be president of an airline before turning 30 and to be financially successful before 40.
		The senator, who had a reputation for boozing and womanizing, asked his son, Patrick, and his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, to join him for a few drinks at one of Palm Beach's more fashionable bars.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/6228/states/ma/ma_sen1.html (2292 words)

	Mass. News: Massachusetts Senate begins debate on $21.5 billion budget
		BOSTON (AP) - The state Senate voted against budgeting an additional $25 million to help struggling community hospitals, but agreed to study how much to reimburse hospitals for their care for the poor.
		The Senate, holding its first day of budget debates, approved the review of Medicaid reimbursement rates after shooting down the proposed $25 million increase in the program, which pays hospitals 79 cents on the dollar for care provided to Medicaid patients.
		The Senate agreed to the study during the first day of debate on their proposed $21.5 billion state budget.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/5_24_sb2.htm (735 words)

	Senate Calendar for Thursday July 14, 2005
		Section 2 of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000 is hereby amended by striking out the words “police and municipal police departments” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “police, municipal police departments and the office of law enforcement in the executive office of environmental affairs.”.
		The first sentence of section 3 of said chapter 228 is hereby amended by striking out the words “police and the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association,” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “police, the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the office of law enforcement in the executive office of environmental affairs.”.
		The first sentence of section 6 of said chapter 228 is hereby amended by striking out the words “police and municipal police officers” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “police, municipal police officers and environmental police officers.”.
	www.magnet.state.ma.us /legis/senate/calendar.htm (1088 words)

	The Alan Guttmacher Institute: State Update: LEGISLATION ENACTED 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The measure passed the Senate in April but died at the end of the regular legislative session when the House and Senate could not agree on the provisions.
		The measure was passed by the Senate in April and the House in March and goes into effect in August.
		Also in March, the Senate approved a separate measure that would require health care professionals to report to the Department of Human Services if an infant is affected by illegal substances or exhibits withdrawal symptoms; the report would include info rmation that specifically identifies the woman and the infant.
	www.agi-usa.org /statecenter/updates/index.html (11879 words)

	MassGIS - Massachusetts Senate Legislative Districts (2002) Datalayer Description
		The Massachusetts Senate Legislative Districts (2002) datalayer reflects the state Senate district boundaries as defined by Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 57: Section 3.
		Staff at the Massachusetts Senate developed this layer with its contracor, Caliper Corp.
		Final election results were obtained from a "Return of Votes" report (in PDF format) from the Secretary of State.
	www.mass.gov /mgis/senate02.htm (236 words)

	Talking Politics \| Can he lead?
		ON A BRIGHT, frigid morning in January, Massachusetts Senate president Robert Travaglini visited the Garfield School in Revere to watch a collection of elementary and middle-school music students strut their stuff.
		When he was sworn in as Senate president last year, Travaglini was known mostly as a genial backslapper who secured the presidency only after a lengthy standoff among several better-qualified candidates.
		Contrast that with Birmingham, who served as chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee — a position that requires near encyclopedic knowledge of every issue facing the body — before becoming Senate president.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/talking_politics/documents/03580342.asp (1744 words)

	Dr. Jeffrey Satinover Testifies Before Massachusetts Senate Committee Studying Gay Marriage
		On April 28, 2003, psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Satinover testified before the Massachusetts Senate Judicial Committee on various issues surrounding the subject homosexuality and the future of the family in America.
		Massachusetts is now debating the legalization homosexual marriages.
		As you all know, most keenly, the question before you is not merely one of academic dispute; rather, upon the outcome of your deliberations will depend the foundational social structure, hence direction of the Commonwealth in future, and in significant measure, that of our Nation as well.
	www.narth.com /docs/senatecommittee.html (2832 words)

	Massachusetts Senate votes to repeal 1913 law that excludes out-of-state gay couples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Democrat-controlled state Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal the 1913 law that Republican Gov. Mitt Romney is using to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
		The 91-year-old law bars nonresidents from marrying in Massachusetts if the union would not be legal in their home state.
		Senate Minority Leader Brian Lees, a Republican, supported the repeal of what he called an "archaic" law, but said Romney was just doing his job.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/19/national1525EDT0672.DTL (393 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Minnesota Senate candidates Walter Mondale and Norm Coleman sparred over taxes, homeland security, and the tone of politics today, fighting for a pivotal seat just hours before voters go to the polls.
		With control of Congress hinging on this and other close contests, heavy hitters from both parties are hitting the road to get out the vote.
		There are multiple Senate seats up for re-election this year.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2002/elections/index.senate.html (135 words)

	Election2002: 50 States: Election results
		SENATE: Republican Rep. Saxby Chambliss denied Max Cleland a second term in the Senate after a campaign in which he painted the triple amputee Vietnam veteran as being too soft on homeland security.
		SENATE: Democrat Carl Levin breezed to a fifth term against Republican state Rep. Andrew Rocky Raczkowski, who was unable to raise enough money to run a single TV ad.
		SENATE: Democrat Jean Carnahan, appointed to the seat won posthumously by her late husband, Mel Carnahan, in real battle against Republican Jim Talent, a former congressman.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/11/06/Election2002/50_States__Election_r.shtml (3081 words)

	AllPolitics - Spirited Senate Debate - Apr. 9, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		BOSTON (AllPolitics, April 8) -- In the first debate in a closely watched Senate race, Democratic Sen. John Kerry and Republican Gov. William Weld squared off Monday night over crime and punishment, tax hikes and the proposed balanced budget amendment (215K WAV sound) and (116K WAV sound).
		Kerry attacked Weld over his political ambitions, saying he ought to do the job he was elected to, rather than running for the Senate (50K WAV sound).
		Kerry, not as well known as Massachusetts' senior senator, Edward M. Kennedy, is seeking a third, six-year term in the Senate.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9604/09/weld.kerry/index.shtml (312 words)

	ABC News: Massachusetts Senate OKs Stem Cell Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Massachusetts Senate OKs Bill in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell; Governor Threatens Veto
		Senate passage was widely expected; the Senate approved similar legislation in past years, only to see it stall in the House.
		House Democratic leaders said they believe they have the votes this time to approve the bill, but are unsure if they have the two-thirds majority needed to override a certain veto.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=626882 (370 words)

	The Alan Guttmacher Institute: State Update: LEGISLATION ENACTED 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The measure passed the House in February and the Senate in March, and is in effect.
		The measure passed the House in March and the Senate in April, and is effective in October.
		The measure passed the Senate in March and the House in February.
	www.guttmacher.org /statecenter/updates/index.html (11879 words)

	Massachusetts' Senate president faces tough task to balance all sides in gay marriage debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When his fellow lawmakers elected Robert Travaglini president of the Massachusetts Senate last year, one of the Boston Democrat's strengths they pointed to was his history as a consensus builder.
		It will be Travaglini's unenviable task to keep emotions in check and let all members of the House and Senate have their say on one of the most polarizing issues to crop up in years: a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
		By mid-May, gay couples will be allowed to obtain marriage licenses in Massachusetts unless lawmakers can find a way to block the court ruling, which found it unconstitutional for the state to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/10/national0327EST0453.DTL (730 words)

	State Senator Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As the Massachusetts Senate prepares to release its annual budget proposal later in the spring, Senate Ways & Means Chair Therese Murray and Senator Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr., met in Pittsfield with health care, education, business and cultural representatives.
		In an effort to protect employees in Massachusetts, Senator Nuciforo testified at a Congressional hearing that Federal regulators be required to consider the employment impact of proposed bank mergers, such as the recent Bank of America/Fleet acquisition, before granting approval for such mergers.
		The Senate Committee on Ways and Means recommended that the state repeal changes to the Mass Health Medicaid Estate Recovery Law, according to Senator Nuciforo, a member of the Committee.
	www.nuciforo.com /newsroom.php3 (846 words)

	Massachusetts State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
		The white star represents Massachusetts as one of the original thirteen states.
		Around the shield is a blue ribbon with the motto:" By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty".Above the shield is a arm and sword, representing the first part of the motto.
		Jagged indented coast around Cape Cod; flatland yields to stony upland pastures near central region and gentle hill country in west; land in west is rocky, sandy and not fertile.
	www.50states.com /massachu.htm (312 words)

	Massachusetts & Rhode Island -Action Alert: Mass. Senate Bill #2224
		Massachusetts is the only New England state that does not allow for public and expert medical input prior to decisions being made.
		Senator Cheryl Jacques of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
		Senator Andrea Nuciforo of Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
	www.epilepsyfoundation.org /local/massri/Legislative.cfm (808 words)

	Wiggin and Dana's Franchise Law Blog: Massachusetts Senate Prepares for Smoking
		The Massachusetts Senate is gearing up for debate over a smoking ban that has been the source of tremendous controversy in states and municipalities across the country.
		This extension of the smoking ban to bars and restaurants would make Massachusetts the sixth state to institute a state-wide indoor smoking ban.
		The governor of Massachusetts has not yet stated his position on the ban.
	www.franchiselawblog.com /archives/000117.html (169 words)

	MASSACHUSETTS SENATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This week, Senator Moore mailed invitations to a number of groups asking them to choose delegates and alternates to a new Uxbridge’s Future Committee.
		Senator Moore asked the local organizations to appoint delegates, “who will participate with an open mind, who are willing to discuss any and all suggestions for improving the sense of community in Uxbridge, and who are prepared to address the several challenges to achieving our agreed upon goals.”
		Senator Moore stated that he had sent invitations to the Board of Selectmen, Uxbridge School Committee, and the Finance Committee asking them for two delegates and two alternates each because they are composed entirely or in part by members elected by the town at large.
	www.uxbridgenow.com /newsarticles/Sen_Moore_docs.htm (2662 words)

	Massachusetts Senate asks court if civil unions would pass constitutional muster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Massachusetts Senate asks court if civil unions would pass constitutional muster
		The Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to ask the state's highest court if Vermont-style civil unions would satisfy the court's recent decision legalizing gay marriage.
		Senate President Robert Travaglini, a Democrat, said he and other senators want the Supreme Judicial Court to clarify its ruling, which said the state constitution entitles gay couples to all the rights of marriage.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/12/11/national1434EST0620.DTL (363 words)

	Facts In Action. Associated Early Care & Education.Inside the State House. Massachusetts Senate Proposes ...
		On June 6, the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee released its proposal for the state Fiscal Year 2002 (FY'02) budget.
		The Senate Ways and Means Committee proposed a total of $9.4 million for these grants compared to the House's final number of $5.9 million.
		After the debate is complete, both the House and the Senate final versions will be taken up by an appointed conference committee of three House members and three Senate members, who will send their final recommendations to Acting Governor Jane Swift.
	www.factsinaction.org /statehouse/stjun01.htm (446 words)

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