Posted on 09/23/2009 1:39:12 PM PDT by Clinton's a liar
The Massachusetts House and Senate have given final approval to a bill that would allow Democratic Governor Deval Patrick to appoint an interim US senator to take the seat left vacant by the death of the legendary liberal Edward M. Kennedy.
The bill now heads to the desk of the governor, who plans to sign it and could name an appointee as early as Thursday or Friday.
The bill was enacted by the House, 95-59, and by the Senate, 24-16, after only brief speeches by lawmakers. Lawmakers did not pass, however, an emergency preamble to the law, meaning that the governor would have to send a letter to the secretary of state requesting early implementation of a law.
Supporters have said the state needs two senators in Washington when crucial issues are being debated, including President Obama's health care reform plan. Critics, who included the small contingent of Republicans in the Legislature, argued that the move was hypocritical, pointing out that the Legislature rejected the same proposal when the governor was a Republican.
The interim senator appointed by Patrick would serve until voters elect a new senator in a Jan. 19 special election. That senator would serve the remaining three years of Kennedy’s term.
With the sometimes heated debate over in the House and Senate, the question now is: Who will Patrick appoint?
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This just goes to show that Massachusetts has no intention of living by the law. They only want what they want, when they want it, no matter how many rules they have to break or bend or how they have to step. They all ought to be ashamed of themselves for not actually being something our founding fathers could be proud of.
I agree with you about beating up on the Republicans when it is deserved. We also have to acknowledge when the Democrats do the right thing.
Under half of those who vote Democrat support the corruption going on in our government now. Not all the Democrat representatives support the corruption of the current Democrat kingpins. Not all of them are CommuFascists (Progressives) either- they simply have more “liberal” views on some issues than FReepers but are not anti-American.
The corruption comes in many forms. Right now, it is more important that all Americans unite to end the corruption in government.
These bastards have no shame but I assure you— our day is coming.
If the governor was republican then they would have never tried this. The system is so corrupt. When can we start over.
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