Mass. Senate To Debate Kennedy Succession Bill

By Steve Brown
Sep 21, 2009, 11:07 AM
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The Massachusetts Senate is considering a measure that would let Gov. Deval Patrick appoint an interim U.S. senator.

State Sen. Richard Tisei said he will lay down the bill on the table Monday afternoon, which would stall it. He said that would give voters another day to call their senators.

“The vote is pretty close in the Senate, maybe only separated by one to three votes,” Tisei said. “So if the vote is that close, there certainly are a lot of senators who may be wavering.”

Tisei said some Democrats are voting for the bill because of pressure from the party, including phone calls from the Obama administration, even though they disagree with it.

“An awful lot of them don’t support it, and even the ones that do are kind of holding their nose because they know it’s a bad vote,” Tisei said.

Senate President Therese Murray’s office did not return calls for comment.

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Ellen Caron

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JohnT. Zelazo

Scott Brown should go out and get at least 1000 signitures himself in the manners which you suggest. He might then find out what the real people in Massachusetts are thinking… We support Same Sex Marriage, we voted to pass the new pot law. Massachusetts as it turns out is only better for these two actions which did not come out of the legislature originally if at all.

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