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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 13:06

Lynch, Delahunt vote against bailout, Tierney switches to support it

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Eight of the Bay State's 10 congressmen voted for the economic bailout plan Friday, while Reps. Stephen Lynch and Bill Delahunt cast their vote against it.

The bailout plan, which the Senate passed on Wednesday, passed in the House by a vote of 263 to 171.

Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-Boston) and Bill Delahunt (D-Quincy) voted against the measure, as they did on Monday. Congressman John Tierney (D-Salem), who voted against the measure on Monday, supported it on Friday.

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 10:09

Lynch plans to vote against bailout

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Congressman Stephen Lynch's office just confirmed that he plans to vote against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan Friday.

[img_assist|nid=1373|title=U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Boston)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=134|height=125]Meaghan Maher, a spokesman for Lynch, told PolitickerMA.com that the Boston Democrat is "still a ‘no.'"

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 08:15

Delahunt to vote against bailout

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Congressman Bill Delahunt plans to vote against the economic bailout plan Friday, according to this office.

[img_assist|nid=151|title=U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Quincy)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=141|height=140]The Quincy Democrat voted against the measure on Monday and has not been persuaded by the add-ons the U.S. Senate added to the bill before passing it on Wednesday.

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Thu, 10/02/2008 - 07:45

Globe: Lynch, Tierney and Delahunt still oppose bailout plan

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The three members of the Bay State's congressional delegation that voted against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday are still opposed to the Senate version of the bill that passed by a large margin Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports.

U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Boston), Bill Delahunt (D-Quincy) and John Tierney (D-Salem) voted against the measure Monday.

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Tue, 07/01/2008 - 10:47

Delahunt's office ‘threatened’ following remarks to ex-Cheney aide

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Since U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt's (D-Quincy) questioning of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff David Addington last Thursday that set off a maelstrom in the conservative blogosphere, his office has received more than 2,000 phone calls, voicemails and emails criticizing the U.S. House member, some in threatening ways, PolitickerMA.com has learned.

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