The Senate released its bill Wednesday evening, which is estimated to cost $849 billion over 10 years and reduce the deficit by $127 billion. Here's a look at how the Senate and House bills compare — including key details such as the shape of the public option, how to fund the bill, and abortion language — and where the chambers might clash.
British author Martin Jacques discusses his new book, When China Rules the World.
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House leaders are ordering their staff members to take five furlough days, although lawmakers won’t have to take them themselves.
Here’s a brief look at what’s being said in the political and media world about the Senate race.
‘The Boldest Move Yet’
“Steve Pagliuca has just made the boldest move yet in the US Senate race,” Scott Lehigh writes in Friday’s Boston Globe. Pagliuca held a news conference Thursday where he said that unequivocal support [...]
BOSTON — Elected officials gathered with artists Thursday on Beacon Hill to talk about their role in the state’s creative economy.
BOSTON — Stephen Pagliuca is calling health care a defining issue of his campaign for the open U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts. Thursday, he tried to set himself apart from two of his rivals, Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano. Both have said they would oppose health care reform if it prohibits government funding of plans that cover abortions. But what do the voters think?
Steve Pagliuca is trying to set himself apart from Martha Coakley and Mike Capuano on health care. He held a press conference to say that all Democrats seeking the open Senate seat from Massachusetts should support health care reform unequivocally.
He accused Capuano and Coakley of not passing that test. Both of them have said that [...]
Sen. John Kerry’s oldest daughter was arrested in Hollywood on drunk driving charges.
Here’s Thursday’s dose of what the Senate campaigns are up to and how the media world is covering them.
A Game of Chicken
Matt Viser and Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe liken the Senate race to a game of chicken in an article that assesses the risks of Michael Capuano, Stephen Pagliuca or Alan Khazei going [...]
BOSTON — Sen. John Kerry and Reps. Barney Frank and James McGovern wrote a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick saying a public law school “will be another example of how this university strategically helps our region.”
Here’s a brief look at what’s being said in the political and media world about the Senate race.
On Being Green
The Democratic candidates talked green on Tuesday — even though the environment is not one of the top concerns of voters. That may have been the reason for the event’s low turnout, but WBUR’s Monica Brady-Myerov [...]
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick urged the Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday to suspend its rules and stay in session as long as needed to pass an education-overhaul bill, but the House speaker balked.
All four democratic candidates sparred over environmental issues at a forum sponsored by the Environmental League of Massachusetts. It looked at everything from green jobs to culling seals.
Martha Coakley uses recycled paper in her Senate campaign. Stephen Pagliuca has a composter. Alan Khazei uses a hybrid car for his campaign. Michael Capuano claims he’s earned enough “green” points to drive a Humvee for the rest of his life and still come out on top.
Those were just a few of the green habits [...]
BOSTON — Law enforcement officials, parents and members of the Anti-Defamation League are pushing for new laws that respond aggressively to bullying at schools.
BOSTON — The state Department of Children and Families is trying to do too much too soon, social workers and DCF union members told a legislative committee Tuesday on Beacon Hill.
On Tuesday, beginning at 12 noon, Boston University hosts a debate of the U.S. Senate candidates about the environment and the “green” economy. WBUR is streaming live video stream of the debate, courtesy of Boston University’s College of Communication.
