Robert DeLeo

A New Year’s resolution for the Mass. House

A New Year’s resolution for the Mass. House

Lawmakers should show, literally, that they stand for something

By Jonathan Cohn and Matthew Miller Cory Atkins, Jonathan Hecht, Massachusetts House, Robert DeLeo 0 Comments Jan 6, 2020

THERE WAS SOMETHING different about the start of this legislative session in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It wasn’t the composition: Yes, Democrats did manage to flip two seats, but a slightly more overwhelming super-majority isn’t much of a sea change. It was that Democrats were actually willing to stand up and demand a recorded(...)

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