Auditing the Department of Transitional Assistance H3700.232
Vote Description
This amendment would have ordered the state Auditor to conduct a full-scale audit of the Department of Transitional Assistance for calendar 2013.
Mass Fiscal Explanation
MassFiscal supported this amendment to ensure that taxpayer money is not subject to waste, fraud, and abuse.
Mass Fiscal's Stance
Fiscal Responsibility Vote
Good Government Vote
Vote result on 10/16/2013
FAILED
Yea
39
Nay
110
Find A Legislature
| Denise Andrews | Second Franklin |  | 7% | |
| James Arciero | Second Middlesex | | 28% | |
| Brian M. Ashe | Second Hampden | | 19% | |
| Cory Atkins | Fourteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Bruce J. Ayers | First Norfolk | | 32% | |
| Ruth B. Balser | Twelfth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| F. Jay Barrows | First Bristol |  | 91% | |
| Carlo P. Basile | First Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Matthew A. Beaton | Eleventh Worcester | | 94% | |
| Jennifer E. Benson | Thirty-Seventh Middlesex | | 10% | |
| John J. Binienda | Seventeenth Worcester | | 10% | |
| Nicholas A. Boldyga | Third Hampden | | 92% | |
| Garrett J. Bradley | Third Plymouth | | 10% | |
| Michael D. Brady | Ninth Plymouth | | 9% | |
| Paul A. Brodeur | Thirty-Second Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Antonio F.D. Cabral | Thirteenth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Thomas J. Calter | Twelfth Plymouth | | 29% | |
| Linda Dean Campbell | Fifteenth Essex | | 14% | |
| Christine E. Canavan | Tenth Plymouth | | 12% | |
| James M. Cantwell | Fourth Plymouth | | 24% | |
| Gailanne M. Cariddi | First Berkshire | | 10% | |
| Tackey Chan | Second Norfolk | | 9% | |
| Leah Cole | 12th Essex | | 93% | |
| Thomas P. Conroy | Thirteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Edward F. Coppinger | Tenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Michael A. Costello | First Essex | | 11% | |
| Claire D. Cronin | Eleventh Plymouth | | 10% | |
| Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | | 18% | |
| Sean Curran | Ninth Hampden | | 20% | |
| Mark J. Cusack | Fifth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Josh S. Cutler | Sixth Plymouth | | 28% | |
| Angelo L. D'Emilia | Eighth Plymouth | | 85% | |
| Marjorie C. Decker | Twenty-Fifth Middlesex | | 8% | |
| Robert A. DeLeo | Nineteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Brian S. Dempsey | Third Essex | | 11% | |
| Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | | 10% | |
| Geoffrey G. Diehl | Seventh Plymouth | | 96% | |
| Stephen L. DiNatale | Third Worcester | | 32% | |
| Diana DiZoglio | 1st Essex | | 33% | |
| Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | | 16% | |
| Paul J. Donato | Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Peter Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | | 90% | |
| James J. Dwyer | Thirtieth Middlesex | | 40% | |
| Carolyn C. Dykema | Eighth Middlesex | | 13% | |
| Lori A. Ehrlich | Eighth Essex | | 9% | |
| Christopher G. Fallon | Thirty-Third Middlesex | | 20% | |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Third Berkshire | | 11% | |
| Robert F. Fennell | Tenth Essex | | 9% | |
| Kimberly N. Ferguson | First Worcester | | 88% | |
| John V. Fernandes | Tenth Worcester | | 8% | |
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Fifth Essex | | 10% | |
| Michael J. Finn | Sixth Hampden | | 10% | |
| Carole Fiola | 6th Bristol | | 22% | |
| Gloria L. Fox | Seventh Suffolk | | 4% | |
| Paul K. Frost | Seventh Worcester | | 87% | |
| William C. Galvin | Sixth Norfolk | | 8% | |
| Denise C. Garlick | Thirteenth Norfolk | | 10% | |
| Colleen M. Garry | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | | 63% | |
| Susan Williams Gifford | Second Plymouth | | 88% | |
| Thomas A. Golden | Sixteenth Middlesex | | 13% | |
| Ken Gordon | Twenty-First Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Danielle W. Gregoire | Fourth Middlesex | | 12% | |
| Patricia A. Haddad | Fifth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Sheila C. Harrington | First Middlesex | | 87% | |
| Jonathan Hecht | Twenty-Ninth Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Carlos Henriquez | Fifth Suffolk | | 5% | |
| Paul Heroux | Second Bristol | | 22% | |
| Bradford Hill | Fourth Essex | | 91% | |
| Kate Hogan | Third Middlesex | | 12% | |
| Russell E. Holmes | Sixth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Kevin G. Honan | Seventeenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Steven S. Howitt | Fourth Bristol | | 88% | |
| Randy Hunt | Fifth Barnstable | | 86% | |
| Bradley H. Jones | Twentieth Middlesex | | 88% | |
| Louis L. Kafka | Eighth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Jay R. Kaufman | Fifteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Mary S. Keefe | Fifteenth Worcester | | 8% | |
| John D. Keenan | Seventh Essex | | 11% | |
| Kay Khan | Eleventh Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Peter V. Kocot | First Hampshire | | 10% | |
| Robert M. Koczera | Eleventh Bristol | | 11% | |
| Stephen Kulik | First Franklin | | 10% | |
| Kevin J. Kuros | Eighth Worcester | | 95% | |
| John J. Lawn | Tenth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| David Paul Linsky | Fifth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| Jay Livingstone | Eighth Suffolk | | 20% | |
| Marc T. Lombardo | Twenty-Second Middlesex | | 100% | |
| James J. Lyons | Eighteenth Essex | | 100% | |
| Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | | 12% | |
| John J. Mahoney | Thirteenth Worcester | | 10% | |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | Eleventh Suffolk | | 7% | |
| Brian R. Mannal | Second Barnstable | | 15% | |
| Ronald Mariano | Third Norfolk | | 10% | |
| Paul W. Mark | Second Berkshire | | 9% | |
| Christopher M. Markey | Ninth Bristol | | 12% | |
| Wayne Matewsky | 28th Middlesex | | 14% | |
| Paul McMurtry | Eleventh Norfolk | | 10% | |
| James R. Miceli | Nineteenth Middlesex | | 36% | |
| Aaron M. Michlewitz | Third Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Lenny Mirra | Second Essex | | 95% | |
| Frank A. Moran | Seventeenth Essex | | 10% | |
| Michael J. Moran | Eighteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| James M. Murphy | Fourth Norfolk | | 10% | |
| Kevin J. Murphy | Eighteenth Middlesex | | 7% | |
| David M. Nangle | Seventeenth Middlesex | | 14% | |
| Harold P. Naughton | Twelfth Worcester | | 13% | |
| Rhonda L. Nyman | Fifth Plymouth | | 17% | |
| Shaunna O'Connell | Third Bristol | | 90% | |
| James J. O'Day | Fourteenth Worcester | | 10% | |
| Eugene L. O'Flaherty | Second Suffolk | | 6% | |
| Keiko M. Orrall | Twelfth Bristol | | 92% | |
| Jerald A. Parisella | Sixth Essex | | 11% | |
| Sarah K. Peake | Fourth Barnstable | | 10% | |
| Alice Hanlon Peisch | Fourteenth Norfolk | | 9% | |
| George N. Peterson | Ninth Worcester | | 83% | |
| Thomas M. Petrolati | Seventh Hampden | | 13% | |
| William Smitty Pignatelli | Fourth Berkshire | | 9% | |
| Elizabeth A. Poirier | Fourteenth Bristol | | 87% | |
| Denise Provost | Twenty-Seventh Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Angelo J. Puppolo | Twelfth Hampden | | 10% | |
| Kathi-Anne Reinstein | Sixteenth Suffolk | | 5% | |
| John H. Rogers | Twelfth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Dennis A. Rosa | Fourth Worcester | | 33% | |
| Jeffrey N. Roy | Tenth Norfolk | | 9% | |
| Byron Rushing | Ninth Suffolk | | 8% | |
| Jeffrey Sanchez | Fifteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Tom Sannicandro | Seventh Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Angelo M. Scaccia | Fourteenth Suffolk | | 5% | |
| Paul A. Schmid | Eighth Bristol | | 10% | |
| John W. Scibak | Second Hampshire | | 10% | |
| Alan Silvia | Seventh Bristol | | 13% | |
| Frank I. Smizik | Fifteenth Norfolk | | 8% | |
| Todd M. Smola | First Hampden | | 92% | |
| Theodore C. Speliotis | Thirteenth Essex | | 10% | |
| Thomas M. Stanley | Ninth Middlesex | | 29% | |
| Ellen Story | Third Hampshire | | 9% | |
| William M. Straus | Tenth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Benjamin Swan | Eleventh Hampden | | 7% | |
| Walter F. Timilty | Seventh Norfolk | | 32% | |
| Timothy J. Toomey | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Cleon H. Turner | First Barnstable | | 11% | |
| Aaron Vega | Fifth Hampden | | 13% | |
| David T. Vieira | Third Barnstable | | 84% | |
| Joseph F. Wagner | Eighth Hampden | | 11% | |
| Chris Walsh | Sixth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Martin J. Walsh | Thirteenth Suffolk | | 6% | |
| Steven M. Walsh | Eleventh Essex | | 11% | |
| Donald H. Wong | Ninth Essex | | 86% | |
| Jonathan D. Zlotnik | Second Worcester | | 40% |