That's how I feel about the health care bill. I'm happy that more people will be covered under MassHealth (est. 92,500 by FY2009) or the new Commonwealth Care program (est. 207,500 by FY09); ambivalent, because the personal mandate … [Read more...]
Legislature approves health care bill
... almost unanimously: "The House approved the bill on a 154-2 vote. The Senate endorsed it 37-0.".I have to imagine Our Ex-Guv will sign it; with that margin, he'd really look pretty silly not to. (On the other hand, maybe that doesn't … [Read more...]
House, Senate agree on health care bill; Patrick calls on Romney to sign it
AP is reporting that Senate President Travaglini and House Speaker DiMasi have at long last come to agreement on a health care reform bill. A vote in both chambers is scheduled for tomorrow. The AP report says that the bill … [Read more...]
Congress to let Romney kill Cape Wind?
The Alaskans are still after Cape Wind: now they're proposing to let their little assistant (Our Ex-Guv) pull the switch on Cape Wind:The new language, floated by U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, would target the Nantucket Sound project … [Read more...]
For Romney, it’s still “me, me, me”
I wondered a little while back whether "Governor" Romney would let Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey sign the anti-gang bill that the legislature recently passed (which he could do by being on one of his many out-of-state trips when she signs … [Read more...]
Cape Wind is for the birds
Audubon Society says Cape Wind will not julienne birds:The group had previously raised questions about potential bird deaths, but Jack Clarke, advocacy director of Mass Audubon, said extensive studies it conducted in the last four years … [Read more...]
Maybe the most irrelevant post you’ll ever read.
Our ex-governor Mitt Romney has a low approval rating: 42% approve of the job he's doing; 52% disapprove.I know, I know: yawn. The difference it makes is for the legacy of the MA GOP. I can't imagine how you'd say that he leaves it in … [Read more...]
Who will sign the gang bill?
As has been widely reported, the legislature finally - after months of unnecessary delay - came to agreement on a big anti-gang violence bill and sent it to the Governor for signature.So here's an interesting question. Mitt Romney is … [Read more...]
Just HOW BAD is Romney’s gay adoption bill?
It is SO BAD that even in the incredibly unlikely event that it were to become law, it might not give the bishops what they want.Why is that? Let's look at what this ghastly bill actually says (pdf). (I called the Governor's … [Read more...]
To Romney, agenda matters more than ability when it comes to judges
Today's Herald has a story revealing that - surprise, surprise - Mitt Romney cares far more about ideology than about legal ability when it comes to nominating judges.The story reveals that Romney passed over several extraordinarily … [Read more...]
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