The results are in: the legislature took a vote on the merits of the anti-marriage amendment, and advanced it to the 2007-08 session, but did not do so on the health care amendment, so it died on the vine.  So they have -- no question … [Read more...]

Let's move to this thread, since the size of the previous live-blog thread is slowing down BMG.They have now started debate on a motion to discharge the health care amendment from committee, which is a necessary precursor to voting on … [Read more...]

A well-informed reader called my attention to a 1956 Opinion of the Justices (334 Mass. 745, for you law junkies), which holds pretty clearly that, even if a roll-call vote is taken to advance a proposed constitutional amendment to the next … [Read more...]

Personally, I have no idea what's going on because I can't get into the webcast.  If you've got better info, feel free to post in the comments.  I'll update as necessary.OK, word is that there's a roll-call going on to establish a … [Read more...]

Bay Windows is reporting that the vote to recess has magically been transformed -- now, apparently, the vote was not to recess.  Apparently this required a "recount."  Which means they've spent the last hour doing what, … [Read more...]