THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021 BEACON | FROM Page 18 1. On July 16, 1911, what dancer was born who was nicknamed the name of a spice? 2. What is Maine’s state fruit? 3. What kind of animal is a joey? 4. In what sport would you fi nd a peloton? 5. July 17 is World Emoji Day; from what language is “emoji,” which means “picture word”? 6. What Amherst, Mass., resident in the 1800’s wrote, “To see the Summer Sky / Is poetry, though never in a book it lie – / True Poems fl ee –”? 7. Who wrote the 1842 short story “The Masque of the Red Death”? 8. In Japan in July of what year did the Sony Walkman – the world’s first low-cost personal stereo – go on sale: 1966, 1979 or 1984? 9. On July 18, 1853, the fi rst North American international railroad trains began running between Montreal, Quebec and what New England city? 10. In 1876 at Delmonico’s Restaurant in NYC, why was a desert called Baked Alaska? 11. What Frenchman painted “Impression, Sunrise,” which Answers inspired the name of the Impressionist movement? 12. On July 19, 1955, the Yarkon Water Project opened in the Negev desert of what country with a water shortage? 13. What is the world’s largest mollusk, which is native to coral reefs? 14. July 20 is International Chess Day; in what country did chess begin: India, Persia or Scotland? 15. In what penguin species, which is the heaviest and tallest of the penguins, does the male incubate the egg? 16. On July 21, 1959, Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green became the fi rst African American to play for what baseball team? 17. What fruit is native to sand dune areas on the East Coast? 18. In 1952 what author and minister wrote the book “The Power of Positive Thinking”? 19. What word that is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet is also used to describe a virus variant? 20. On July 22, 1940, who was born who hosted the TV shows “The 128,000 Question” and “Jeopardy!”? cratic leadership for a comment on why they voted against it. Representatives not responding include Reps. Bill Galvin, Claire Cronin, Kate Hogan, Mike Moran, Peake and Joe Wagner. (A “Yes” vote is for giving two hours to vote. A “No” vote is against giving two hours). Rep. Jessica Giannino No POST HOW REPRESENTATIVES VOTED ON BILLS IN COMMITTEE (H 3930) House 38-121 and 41-117, rejected two similar amendments that would require that committees make public how each legislator on the committee voted on whether or not to favorably report a bill to the House. This would replace a section of the proposed rules that would only post the names of legislators who voted against the bill and list the aggregate vote tally without names, of members voting in the affi rmative or not voting. “The public has a right to know where their legislators stand on the issues being debated in committee, and it makes absolutely no sense to identify by name only those members who vote no at an executive session or on a poll,” said Rep. Brad Jones, sponsor of one of the amendments. “When we vote in the House chamber, our individual votes are displayed for all to see, and legislative committees should be held to the same standard by providing full disclosure of where each member stands on a given issue.” “I believe every resident of Massachusetts has the right to hold their elected state representative accountable,” said Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville), the sponsor of the other amendment. “Under current rules, there is no accountability on the votes we take in committee. This amendment ensures that every vote taken in committee is available to the public, including when bills are sent to study.” Rep. Joe Wagner (D-Chicopee) opposed the listing of which representatives vote yes or did not vote. “The names of votes of those voting in the negative being there for everyone to see is Page 19 suffi cient in terms of transparency,” said Wagner during the debate on the House floor. “I have always been concerned, and I’ve chaired committees for about 20 years, and I have been always concerned that when we take votes in committee, the votes that we take to advance legislation does not refl ect necessarily, when an affi rmative vote is taken, the support for the matter as it is before the committee.” Wagner continued, “So for example, there are points at which members will vote affi rmatively to move a matter from a committee because they support the idea conceptually of a particular piece of policy or legislation. But with that support affi rmatively, if that was a fi nal form that the legislation may take. And so I think that where a vote in the negative is very clear, a vote in the affi rmative is less clear. And there are interest groups and there are people frankly who may have agendas and would use a vote in the affi rmative, if a member’s name were attached in that way, to try and discredit a member perhaps or potentially misconstrue a member’s position on a particular issue.” (Both roll calls are listed. On both roll calls, A “Yes” vote is for the amendment. A “No” vote is against it.) Rep. Jessica Giannino No/No EXTEND THE EMERGENCY RULES FOR COVID-19 (H 3929) House 130-30, approved a measure that would extend until October 1, 2021, the emergency rules under which the House has been operating since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. There was no debate on the proposal. House Speaker Ron Mariano (D-Quincy) told reporters his team wanted to keep temporary rules in place “until we were sure the pandemic was over.” “The House of Representatives has been operating under emergency rules throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in response to the many public health and safety issues surrounding the coronavirus, and those temporary rules should be allowed to expire as planned on July 15,” Rep. Brad Jones told Beacon Hill Roll Call. “Now that more than four million Massachusetts residents are fully vaccinated, and the rest of the state has opened up, I cannot see any valid reason why the House should continue to operate under a diff erent standard than the rest of the commonwealth.” (A “Yes” vote is for extending the emergency rules. A “No” vote is against the extension). Rep. Jessica Giannino Yes HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been fi led. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of July 5-9, the House met for a total of 15 hours and 45 minutes while the Senate met for a total of three hours and 19 minutes, Mon. July 5 No House session No Senate session Tues. July 6 House 11:02 a.m. to 1:21 p.m. Senate 11:21 a.m. to 11:26 a.m. Wed. July 7 House 11:00 a.m. to 6:40 p.m. No Senate session Thurs. July 8 House 11:00 a.m. to 1:39 p.m. Senate 1:16 p.m. to 1:34 p.m. Fri. July 9 House 1:01 p.m. to 4:08 p.m. Senate 1:16 p.m. to 4:12 p.m. Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com 1. Ginger Rogers 2. Blueberries 3. A baby kangaroo 4. Bicycle racing: It is the main group of riders in a race. 5. Japanese 6. Emily Dickinson 7. Edgar Allan Poe 8. 1979 9. Portland, Maine 10. In honor of the U.S. government purchase of Alaska in 1867 11. Claude Monet 12. Israel 13. Giant Clam 14. India 15. Emperor 16. Boston Red Sox 17. Beach plum 18. Norman Vincent Peale 19. Delta (COVID-19) 20. Alex Trebek
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