Bill to prohibit legislators from grouping many consolidated amendments to the budget into a single vote House #216
Vote Description
This was an amendment to the Budget Order, H.4199, which establishes the rules for the budget debate. Legislators have been turning more and more to what they call consolidated amendments during the budget process. What this does is group together many budget amendments with similar topics in order to save time, and strong arm people into having to vote for the grouped amendments in order to get their own amendment passed, even if they don’t agree with other amendments in the group. This is a lazy practice that stifles transparency. More recently however, they have been grouping more than one already consolidated amendment into a single vote. This could mean that hundreds of amendments that are not even related in topic, are being forced into one single vote.
Mass Fiscal Explanation
Mass Fiscal would have supported this amendment as it promotes transparency in the legislative process.
Mass Fiscal's Stance
Fiscal Responsibility Vote
Good Government Vote
Vote result on 04/13/2016
FAILED
Yea
34
Nay
116
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| 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% | |
| Gerard Cassidy | 9th Plymouth | | 0% | |
| 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% | |
| Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | | 0% | |
| 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% | |
| Tom Walsh | 12th Essex | | 1% | |
| Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | | 70% | |
| Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin |  | 63% | |
| Donald H. Wong | Ninth Essex | | 66% | |
| Jonathan D. Zlotnik | Second Worcester | | 7% |