This report out of Boston says that lawmakers scrambled to make last minute “technical” changes to the state’s new ethics laws. The Legislature also moved Tuesday to delay portions of the new law governing political lobbyists until Jan. 1.
Category: Mass.
Junior Senator from Massachusetts
The Times profiles Paul G. Kirk, Jr. here. In the late 1990s, he did lobbying work for the pharmaceuticals Hoechst Marion Roussel and Aventis, which led critics to question Thursday whether his voting on health care legislation could be a conflict of interest. More recently, Mr. Kirk has served on the board of Hartford Financial […]
Politicking in Massachusetts
This Post editorial denounces a new Massachusetts law to allow Gov. Patrick to name a sucessor to Sen. Kennedy. The motivation behind this latest move is just as political as the last time Massachusetts engaged in situational legislating. This time it’s about maintaining the Democrats’ 60-vote majority in the Senate, which might be crucial on […]