Update on the State Budget and the MCC Budget Line Item
As MALC reported in our July 19th blog post, “Budget Overrides- A Call to Action”, the next phase of the budget process is for the House and Senate to take up the Governor’s vetoes. It looks like the Legislature won’t do this until after labor day (after their summer recess).
Also in our other July 19th blog post, “Governor’s Veto Cuts Funding for Culture, Legislators Seek Override”, we reported that State Senator Adam Hinds of Pittsfield and Representative Cory Atkins of Concord have circulated a letter to their colleagues urging support for an override of the governor’s veto and cut to the Mass Cultural Council’s budget line item.
There is still time for your State Senator and/or State Representative to sign on to the letter if they have not done so already.
Representatives who wish to sign on to the House letter should contact Chairwoman Representative Atkins office— 617-722-2015
And Senators who wish to sign on to the Senate letter should contact Chairman Senator Hinds office 617-722-1625
How to find/contact your State Senator and/or State Representative: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator
The list of Senators signed on to the Senate letter as of July 27th:
Senator Cyr
Senator Gobi
Senator Jehlen
Senator McGee
Senator Lewis
Senator O’Connor
Senator Donoghue
Senator Lesser
Senator Barrett
Senator Brownsberger
Senator Moore
Senator Creem
Senator Rush
Senator Lovely
Senator Timilty
Senator Chang-Diaz
The list of Representatives who have signed on to the House letter as of July 25th:
1. Representative Brian M. Ashe, 2nd Hampden
2. Representative Bruce J. Ayers, 1st Norfolk
3. Representative Ruth B. Balser, 12th Middlesex
4. Representative Christine P. Barber, 34th Middlesex
5. Representative Jennifer E. Benson, 37th Middlesex
6. Representative Paul Brodeur, 32nd Middlesex
7. Representative Antonio F.D. Cabral. 13th Bristol
8. Representative Danial F. Cahill, 10th Essex
9. Representative Thomas J. Calter, 12th Plymouth
10. Representative Linda Dean Campbell, 15th Essex
11. Representative James M. Cantwell, 4th Plymouth
12. Representative Tackey Chan, 2nd Norfolk
13. Representative Mike Connolly, 26th Middlesex
14. Representative William L. Crocker Jr., 2nd Barnstable
15. Representative Claire D. Cronin, 11th Plymouth
16. Representative Josh S. Cutler, 6th Plymouth
17. Representative Michael S. Day, 31st Middlesex
18. Representative Marjorie C. Decker, 25th Middlesex
19. Representative Diana DiZoglio, 14th Essex
20. Representative James J. Dwyer, 30th Middlesex
21. Representative Carolyn C. Dykema, 8th Middlesex
22. Representative Lori A. Ehrlich, 8th Essex
23. Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, 3rd Berkshire
24. Representative Dylan Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket
25. Representative Sean Garballey, 23rd Middlesex
26. Representative Denise C. Garlick, 13th Norfolk
27. Representative Colleen M. Garry, 36th Middlesex
28. Representative Carmine L. Gentile, 13th Middlesex
29. Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose, 3rd Hampshire
30. Representative Carlos Gonzalez, 10th Hampden
31. Representative Kenneth I. Gordon, 21st Middlesex
32. Representative Danielle W. Gregoire, 4th Middlesex
33. Representative Sheila C. Harrington, 1st Middlesex
34. Representative Stephan Hay, 3rd Worcester
35. Representative Jonathan Hecht, 29th Middlesex
36. Representative Paul R. Heroux, 2nd Bristol
37. Representative Natalie Higgins, 4th Worcester
38. Representative Bradford R. Hill, 4th Essex
39. Representative Kevin G. Honan, 17th Suffolk
40. Representative Jay R. Kaufman, 15th Middlesex
41. Representative Mary S. Keefe, 15th Worcester
42. Representative James M. Kelcourse, 1st Essex
43. Representative Kay Khan, 11th Middlesex
44. Representative Peter V. Kocot, 1st Hampshire
45. Representative David P. Linsky, 5th Middlesex
46. Representative Jay D. Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
47. Representative Adrian Madaro, 1st Suffolk
48. Representative Elizabeth A. Malia, 11th Suffolk
49. Representative Paul W. Mark, 2nd Berkshire
50. Representative Juana Matias, 16th Essex
51. Representative Paul McMurtry, 11th Norfolk
52. Representative Frank Moran, 17th Essex
53. Representative Mathew Muratore, 1st Plymouth
54. Representative James J. O’Day, 14th Worcester
55. Representative Jerald A. Parisella, 6th Essex
56. Representative Elizabeth A. Poirier, 14th Bristol
57. Representative Denise Provost, 27th Middlesex
58. Representative Angelo Puppolo, Jr., 12th Hampden
59. Representative David M. Rogers, 24th Middlesex
60. Representative Byron Rushing, 9th Suffolk
61. Representative Paul A. Schmid III, 8th Bristol
62. Representative John W. Scibak, 2nd Hampshire
63. Representative Frank I. Smizik, 15th Norfolk
64. Representative Thomas M. Stanley, 9th Middlesex
65. Representative William M. Straus, 10th Bristol
66. Representative Paul Tucker, 7th Essex
67. Representative Steven Ultrino, 33rd Middlesex
68. Representative Aaron Vega, 5th Hampden
69. Representative David T. Vieira, 3rd Barnstable
70. Representative Chris Walsh, 6th Middlesex
71. Representative Thomas P. Walsh, 12th Essex
72. Representative Timothy R. Whelan, 1st Barnstable
73. Representative Bud L. Williams. 11th Hampden