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Bob Katzen

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Bob Katzen

    Beacon Hill Roll Call: Question 2 would let public defenders have a union (opens the original)

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    On Nov. 3, or prior to that for voters who take advantage of early voting between Oct. 17-30, all voters will have the opportunity to vote on nine ballot questions that will become law if approved by the majority of voters. To get on the ballot, the groups backing each ballot question were required to collect and submit at least 74,574 signatures last fall. The Legislature had until May 5 to act on the proposed law. The Legislature did not act on any of the proposals by its May 5 deadline. At wh

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Bob Katzen

    Beacon Hill Roll Call: Reviewing party-line votes in the House (opens the original)

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    THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local representatives voted with their party’s leadership in the 2026 session through Sept. 11. Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 125 votes from the 2026 House session as the basis for this report. This includes all roll calls that were not votes on local issues. The votes of the 130 Democrats were compared to the votes of Democratic Speaker Ron Mariano (D

  3. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Bob Katzen

    Beacon Hill Roll Call: Many state senators vote along party lines (opens the original)

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    THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the percentage of times local senators voted with their party’s leadership in the 2026 session through Sept. 4. Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 96 of the 122 votes from the 2026 Senate session as the basis for this report. This includes all roll calls except 26 that were on local issues. The votes of 33 Democrats were compared to Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem, D-Newton,

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Bob Katzen

    Beacon Hill Roll Call: House roll call attendance so far in 2026 (opens the original)

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    THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2026 session through Aug. 28. The House has held 154 roll calls so far in the 2026 session. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the number of rolls calls on which each representative voted and then calculates that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held. That percentage is the number referred to as

  5. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Bob Katzen

    No roll call votes in the House or Senate last week (opens the original)

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    THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2026 session through August 21. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. The Senate has held 122 roll calls so far in the 2026 session. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the number of roll calls on which each senator voted and then calculates that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held

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