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Out of State Marriage May Not Come to Vote

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Curiously missing from the potential agenda this week in the house is (S 800). Its current status is listed as referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling. Hmmm, who is chairman of that committee? That would be Paul Donato.

As reported in Wicked Local Belmont via State House News.


House lawmakers, according to Rep. Paul Donato, D-Medford, were mindful of the Senate’s decision to pass the repeal on a voice vote, without requiring individual members to weigh in. The tactic is often employed to protect members from taking politically sensitive votes.

Asked in a hallway interview whether the bill would come up in time for the July 31 deadline, Donato pointed to Speaker DiMasi’s office door, indicating where the decision would come from.

Disclosure –  I am running against Paul Donato and Patrick McCabe in the Democratic Primary (35th Middlesex District).

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  1. The Herald is saying it will come to a vote.

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    DiMasi spokesman David Guarino said the bill should come up for a vote in the next two weeks, and House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Robert DeLeo said it could come up as soon as this week.

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    Rep. Paul Donato (D-Medford), who doesn’t support gay marriage and has two liberal Democratic challengers, said he isn’t sure the House will have time to take up the vote considering the heavy backlog of bills lawmakers will face in the next two weeks.

    “We have so many things going on, I don’t know whether the Speaker is prepared to bring it up,” Donato said, adding he hasn’t made a decision on how he will vote on the repeal.

  2. But my guess is that DiMasi will bring it up.  Guarino’s comments in the Herald are pretty definitive, so that if it didn’t come up now, it would look like DiMasi chickening out.  He’s on the right side of this one, and my guess is he’s unafraid to show it.

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