When a house is on fire, you put the fire out and look for the source afterwards. Contrarily, when the fire has yet to break, but smoke can be seen, you look for and extinguish the cause to prevent a massive spread of flames. … [Read more...]
What WE need is a Legislative Budget Office (LBO)
On the federal level, the Congressional Budget Office costs out all legislation. In Massachusetts, Beacon Hill does not cost out anything before passing it - neither the Republicans nor the Democrats can put a pricetag on anything they … [Read more...]
Reforming Probation
Two recent stories have appeared in the Boston newspapers about the probation department in the state courts of Massachusetts. One story, in a Globe series, exhaustively detailed the extent to which probation officers are creatures of a … [Read more...]
Second-Tier Ripe for Reform
First, as is the Globe's wont, there are no links to the candidates' campaign sites. Nor is there a table setting out the platform differences. Instead, we meet them like they were on bar stools, butt to butt. We get a wee … [Read more...]
CAPUANO’S LETTER ON HEALTH CARE BILL
(1) Early Expansion States - The House bill recognized that some states took the lead on expanding coverage to more citizens by "grandfathering" in their programs so they would not be harmed by the new federal proposal. This helps … [Read more...]
Tim (Murray) Talks Transportation
Murray covers the trends and specifics of his administration's actions. To Gov. Deval Patrick's credit, he has let Murray have his head and accomplish more than any Lt. Gov. I can recall. In transportation, that includes:The CSX … [Read more...]
“Representatives for Reform”
Today I heard about a new Facebook "fan page" called Representatives for Reform. I'd assume this page is referring to the eight or so dissidents in the House of Representatives, and it has Representatives Tom Stanley and Matt Patrick as the … [Read more...]
Harvard Students Stop Stupak Goes to Washington
On Wednesday, December 2, I went to DC join over 1,000 supporters for the National Day of Action to lobby for healthcare reform, against Stupak. Traveling alone, and representing Harvard, I had a whirlwind of a day in the capital, joining … [Read more...]
Here is that pesky healthcare bill! With Poll !!
The bill itself Generally it is a good idea to read first, and pontificate later. Mind, anything with 1018 pages is hiding a lot of stuff, and probably a legislative bit of healthcare vivisection. Myself, I have a growing list … [Read more...]
Republican health care reform?
The democrats are in power now,after years in the minority. The powerful GOP wouldn't allow much out of the Democratic side of the aisle. NOW that the Democrats have a majority and the White house, the republicans want to talk health care … [Read more...]
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