2/3 Vote Requirement for Tax Increases House #5
Vote Description
This amendment would have required a 2/3 majority vote in order to pass any tax increase.
Mass Fiscal Explanation
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance encouraged a "yes" vote on this matter.
Mass Fiscal's Stance
Fiscal Responsibility Vote
Good Government Vote
Vote result on 01/29/2015
FAILED
Yea
34
Nay
121
Find A Legislature
| James Arciero | Second Middlesex |  | 3% | |
| Brian M. Ashe | Second Hampden | | 3% | |
| Cory Atkins | Fourteenth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Bruce J. Ayers | First Norfolk | | 3% | |
| Ruth B. Balser | Twelfth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | | 2% | |
| F. Jay Barrows | First Bristol |  | 82% | |
| Jennifer E. Benson | Thirty-Seventh Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Donnie R. Berthiaume | 5th Worcester | | 91% | |
| Nicholas A. Boldyga | Third Hampden | | 79% | |
| Garrett J. Bradley | Third Plymouth | | 10% | |
| Michael D. Brady | Ninth Plymouth | | 13% | |
| Paul A. Brodeur | Thirty-Second Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Antonio F.D. Cabral | Thirteenth Bristol | | 2% | |
| Thomas J. Calter | Twelfth Plymouth | | 4% | |
| Kate D. Campanale | 17th Worcester | | 61% | |
| Linda Dean Campbell | Fifteenth Essex | | 4% | |
| James M. Cantwell | Fourth Plymouth | | 3% | |
| Gailanne M. Cariddi | First Berkshire | | 2% | |
| Evandro Carvalho | 5th Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Tackey Chan | Second Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Leah Cole | 12th Essex | | 97% | |
| Nick Collins | Fourth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Edward F. Coppinger | Tenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Brendan P. Crighton | 3rd Essex | | 2% | |
| Claire D. Cronin | Eleventh Plymouth | | 2% | |
| Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Mark J. Cusack | Fifth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Josh S. Cutler | Sixth Plymouth | | 4% | |
| Angelo L. D'Emilia | Eighth Plymouth | | 73% | |
| Michael Day | 31st Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Marjorie C. Decker | Twenty-Fifth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | | 83% | |
| Robert A. DeLeo | Nineteenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Brian S. Dempsey | Third Essex | | 2% | |
| Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | | 2% | |
| Geoffrey G. Diehl | Seventh Plymouth | | 81% | |
| Stephen L. DiNatale | Third Worcester | | 30% | |
| Diana DiZoglio | 1st Essex | | 5% | |
| Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | | 2% | |
| Paul J. Donato | Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | | 80% | |
| Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | | 2% | |
| Peter Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | | 73% | |
| James J. Dwyer | Thirtieth Middlesex | | 7% | |
| Carolyn C. Dykema | Eighth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Lori A. Ehrlich | Eighth Essex | | 3% | |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Third Berkshire | | 4% | |
| Robert F. Fennell | Tenth Essex | | 15% | |
| Kimberly N. Ferguson | First Worcester | | 72% | |
| John V. Fernandes | Tenth Worcester | | 7% | |
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Fifth Essex | | 3% | |
| Michael J. Finn | Sixth Hampden | | 3% | |
| Carole Fiola | 6th Bristol | | 2% | |
| Gloria L. Fox | Seventh Suffolk | | 4% | |
| Paul K. Frost | Seventh Worcester | | 72% | |
| William C. Galvin | Sixth Norfolk | | 3% | |
| Sean Garballey | Twenty-Third Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Denise C. Garlick | Thirteenth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Colleen M. Garry | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | | 6% | |
| Carmine Gentile | 13th Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Susan Williams Gifford | Second Plymouth | | 75% | |
| Thomas A. Golden | Sixteenth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 10th Hampden | | 2% | |
| Ken Gordon | Twenty-First Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Danielle W. Gregoire | Fourth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Patricia A. Haddad | Fifth Bristol | | 2% | |
| Sheila C. Harrington | First Middlesex | | 63% | |
| Jonathan Hecht | Twenty-Ninth Middlesex | | 5% | |
| Paul Heroux | Second Bristol | | 6% | |
| Bradford Hill | Fourth Essex | | 88% | |
| Kate Hogan | Third Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Russell E. Holmes | Sixth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Kevin G. Honan | Seventeenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Steven S. Howitt | Fourth Bristol | | 73% | |
| Randy Hunt | Fifth Barnstable | | 74% | |
| Daniel Hunt | 13th Suffolk | | 5% | |
| Bradley H. Jones | Twentieth Middlesex | | 92% | |
| Louis L. Kafka | Eighth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | | 77% | |
| Jay R. Kaufman | Fifteenth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Mary S. Keefe | Fifteenth Worcester | | 2% | |
| James M. Kelcourse | 1st Essex | | 78% | |
| Kay Khan | Eleventh Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Peter V. Kocot | First Hampshire | | 2% | |
| Robert M. Koczera | Eleventh Bristol | | 2% | |
| Stephen Kulik | First Franklin | | 5% | |
| Kevin J. Kuros | Eighth Worcester | | 82% | |
| John J. Lawn | Tenth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| David Paul Linsky | Fifth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Jay Livingstone | Eighth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Marc T. Lombardo | Twenty-Second Middlesex | | 95% | |
| James J. Lyons | Eighteenth Essex | | 95% | |
| Adrian Madaro | 1st Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | | 3% | |
| John J. Mahoney | Thirteenth Worcester | | 2% | |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | Eleventh Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Brian R. Mannal | Second Barnstable | | 3% | |
| Ronald Mariano | Third Norfolk | | 3% | |
| Paul W. Mark | Second Berkshire | | 2% | |
| Christopher M. Markey | Ninth Bristol | | 3% | |
| Joseph W. McGonagle | 28th Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | | 81% | |
| Paul McMurtry | Eleventh Norfolk | | 2% | |
| James R. Miceli | Nineteenth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Aaron M. Michlewitz | Third Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Lenny Mirra | Second Essex | | 82% | |
| Rady Mom | 18th Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Frank A. Moran | Seventeenth Essex | | 2% | |
| Michael J. Moran | Eighteenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| David Muradian | 9th Worcester | | 76% | |
| Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | | 80% | |
| James M. Murphy | Fourth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| David M. Nangle | Seventeenth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Harold P. Naughton | Twelfth Worcester | | 2% | |
| Shaunna O'Connell | Third Bristol | | 76% | |
| James J. O'Day | Fourteenth Worcester | | 2% | |
| Keiko M. Orrall | Twelfth Bristol | | 82% | |
| Jerald A. Parisella | Sixth Essex | | 2% | |
| Sarah K. Peake | Fourth Barnstable | | 2% | |
| Alice Hanlon Peisch | Fourteenth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Thomas M. Petrolati | Seventh Hampden | | 3% | |
| William Smitty Pignatelli | Fourth Berkshire | | 5% | |
| Elizabeth A. Poirier | Fourteenth Bristol | | 75% | |
| Denise Provost | Twenty-Seventh Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Angelo J. Puppolo | Twelfth Hampden | | 3% | |
| David M. Rogers | Twenty-Fourth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| John H. Rogers | Twelfth Norfolk | | 7% | |
| Dennis A. Rosa | Fourth Worcester | | 5% | |
| Jeffrey N. Roy | Tenth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Byron Rushing | Ninth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Daniel Ryan | 2nd Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Jeffrey Sanchez | Fifteenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Tom Sannicandro | Seventh Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Angelo M. Scaccia | Fourteenth Suffolk | | 2% | |
| Paul A. Schmid | Eighth Bristol | | 2% | |
| John W. Scibak | Second Hampshire | | 2% | |
| Alan Silvia | Seventh Bristol | | 2% | |
| Frank I. Smizik | Fifteenth Norfolk | | 2% | |
| Todd M. Smola | First Hampden | | 76% | |
| Theodore C. Speliotis | Thirteenth Essex | | 2% | |
| Thomas M. Stanley | Ninth Middlesex | | 5% | |
| Ellen Story | Third Hampshire | | 2% | |
| William M. Straus | Tenth Bristol | | 2% | |
| Benjamin Swan | Eleventh Hampden | | 2% | |
| Walter F. Timilty | Seventh Norfolk | | 6% | |
| Timothy J. Toomey | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | | 3% | |
| Jose F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | | 2% | |
| Paul F. Tucker | 6th Essex | | 2% | |
| Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | | 4% | |
| Aaron Vega | Fifth Hampden | | 2% | |
| John Velis | 2nd Hampden and Hampshire | | 3% | |
| David T. Vieira | Third Barnstable | | 73% | |
| RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk | | 3% | |
| Joseph F. Wagner | Eighth Hampden | | 2% | |
| Chris Walsh | Sixth Middlesex | | 2% | |
| Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | | 70% | |
| Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin |  | 63% | |
| Donald H. Wong | Ninth Essex | | 66% | |
| Jonathan D. Zlotnik | Second Worcester | | 7% |