Massachusetts Politics News

June 1, 2009 - 01:38 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Kennedy, Baucus say 'common ground' on healthcare

Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Max Baucus are trying to rebut several media reports of dissension on a healthcare overhaul. They and their staffs have been working for months on a healthcare overhaul, but according to the reports, Kennedy is...

June 1, 2009 - 12:46 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Romney faults Obama on defense

Mitt Romney continued firing across the bow of President Obama on national security in a high-profile speech today. The former Massachusetts governor hit Obama for cutting funding for missile defense, especially given North Korea's recent nuclear and rocket tests. He...

June 1, 2009 - 12:42 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Romney: Earlier GM bankruptcy would have saved billions for taxpayers

By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, whose father was an auto executive during the industry's post-World War II heyday, today called GM's bankruptcy "a sad day" for the nation as well as "a son...

June 1, 2009 - 12:03 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Obama says Chrysler deal offers hope to GM

President Obama, as the federal government deepens its involvement and ups its ante in GM, is taking solace in a step forward for Chrysler -- a bankruptcy judge's approval of its sale to Italian automaker Fiat. The decision "paves the...

June 1, 2009 - 10:13 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Former clerks vouch for Sotomayor

The White House today released a letter to key senators from former clerks of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, offering their "enthusiastic and wholehearted support" for the Supreme Court nominee. The clerks, who are now prosecutors, corporate counsels, and lawyers in private...

June 1, 2009 - 10:06 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Delahunt at El Salvador inauguration

Representative William Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat, will be part of the official US delegation today at the inauguration of Mauricio Funes, president-elect of El Salvador. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead the delegation, the White House announced. The...

May 31, 2009 - 10:01 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Details of the GM restructuring plan released

The US government will take a 60 percent ownership stake in General Motors and extend an additional $30 billion to the automaker as part of a post-bankruptcy restructuring of the company, the White House announced tonight. GM is expected to...

May 21, 2009 - 10:49 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Obama takes on terror, critics

President Obama offered lots of reassurances, but not as many details in a major national security speech this morning -- reassurances that he'll do everything possible to keep America safe while still upholding the Constitution, but not the detail that...

May 21, 2009 - 09:45 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Globe

Cheney more popular as he takes center stage

In the second of dueling speeches on national security today, former Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to lay out in the most detail yet his critique of President Obama's policy changes and his assertions that they are making America...

May 21, 2009 - 09:40 am
NEWS FEED: Blue Mass Group

Top of the Senate's agenda today: gambling

Per the SenPrez's office, the two amendments first up for debate this morning are:

#43, Bruce Tarr's proposal to allow slot machines at the racetracks.  As far as I can tell, this is strictly a "racino" proposal, except that it would also allow slots at Logan airport; and

#155, Marc Pacheco's proposal to override the will of the voters by giving dog racing two more years of life.

Let 'em hear it.