Page 18 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021 If you have any questions about this week’s report, e-mail us at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com or call us at (617) 720-1562. THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2021 session through August 6. The Senate has held 74 roll calls so far in 2021. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the number of roll calls on which each senator votes and then calculates that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held. That percentage is the number referred to as the roll call attendance record. 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Senators’ votes are communicated to Senate officials during the session or prior to the session if senators are informed in advance that there will be a roll call vote. The number of senators who had 100 percent roll call attendance records in the prior four years was 33 in 2020, 28 in 2019; 20 in 2018; 24 in 2017; and 17 in 2016. It is a Senate tradition that the Senate president only votes occasionally. Senate President Karen Spilka follows that tradition and only voted on 35 of the 74 roll calls while not voting on 39 of them. Sen. Spilka’s offi ce did not respond to repeated requests by Beacon Hill Roll Call to comment on her voting record. We specifi cally asked if Spilka was in the Statehouse building for all the formal and informal sessions; how the tradition developed that the president rarely votes; has she ever thought of breaking that tradition and being recorded on all roll calls; and how does she choose on which roll calls she will vote? If a member wants to speak on an issue under consideration, they do so on a separate “debate phone line” and their voice is then heard in the Senate chamber and by anyone watching the broadcast online. 2021 SENATE ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS THROUGH AUGUST 6, 2021 The percentage listed next to the senator’s name is the percentage of roll call votes on which the senator voted. The number in parentheses represents the number of roll calls that he or she missed. Sen. Joseph Boncore 100 percent (0) 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 August 2-6, the House met for a total of one hour and 29 minutes while the Senate met for a total of one hour and nine minutes. Mon. Aug. 2 House 11:00 a.m. to 12:11 p.m. Senate 11:19 a.m. to 12:24 p.m. Tues. Aug. 3 No House session No Senate session Wed. Aug. 4 No House session No Senate session Thurs. Aug 5 House 11:02 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Senate 11:06 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. Fri. Aug. 6 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com
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