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Update on the State Budget and the MCC Budget Line Item

July 31, 2017

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

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