Beacon Hill Roll Call By Bob Katzen SUBSCRIBE TO MASSTERLIST – IT’S FREE! Join more than 17,000 other people from movers and shakers to political junkies and interested citizens who start their morning with a copy of MASSterList! MASSterList is a daily ensemble of news and commentary about the Legislature, Politics, Media and Judiciary of Massachusetts drawn from major news organizations as well as specialized publications selected by widely acclaimed and highly experienced editor Jay Fitzgerald. Jay introduces each article in his own clever and never-boring, inimitable way. Go to: www.massterlist.com/ subscribe and type in your email address and in 15 seconds you will be signed up for a free subscription. With no strings attached. THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on how often local senators voted with their party leadership. The votes of 33 Democratic senators were compared to Senate Majority Leader Cindy Creem (D-Newton). The votes of fi ve Republicans were compared with those of GOP Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester). Beacon Hill Roll Call uses 87 votes from the 2019 Senate session as the basis for this report. This includes all roll calls that were not on local issues. Eighteen of the 33 Democratic senators (54 percent) voted with Creem 100 percent of the time. The Democratic senator who voted the lowest percentage of times with Creem was Sen. Michael Moore (D-Millbury) who voted with her 94.2 percent of the time. None of the fi ve GOP members voted with Tarr 100 percent of the time. Two of them came close. Sens. Vinny deMacedo (R-Plymouth) and Donald Humason (R-Westfi eld) both voted with Tarr on all but one of the roll calls. The GOP senator who voted with Tarr the lowest percentage of times is Sen. Patrick O’Connor (R-Weymouth) who voted with him 90.8 percent of the time. PERCENTAGE OF TIMES SENATORS VOTED WITH THEIR PARTY’S LEADERSHIP IN 2019 Award-Winning Landscaping Servicing the North Shore for over 38 Years THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, August 30, 2019 The percentage next to the senator’ name represents the percentage of times the senator supported his or her party’s leadership. The number in parentheses represents the number of times the senator opposed his or her party’s leadership. Some senators voted on all 87 roll call votes. Others missed one or more roll call. The percentage for each senator is calculated based on the number of roll calls on which he or she voted and does not count the roll calls for which he or she was absent. 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 piecPage 17 es 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 19-23, the House met for a total of 17 minutes while the Senate met for a total of 17 minutes. Mon. Aug. 19 House 11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Senate 11:11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Tues. Aug. 20 No House session No Senate session Wed. Aug. 21 No House session No Senate session Thurs. Aug 22 House 11:03 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. Senate 11:11 a.m. to 11:19 a.m. Fri. Aug. 23. No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Obituaries Marie G. Canty At 88 years, in the presence of her God & her devoted family, August 23rd. Beloved daughter of the late Charles J. & Grace M. (McDevitt) Canty. Dear sister of the late Edward C. & his late wife Marie E. Canty. Adored & proud aunt to Ellen G. Ferrante & her husband Revere School Committeeman Michael A. Ferrante of Revere & Lucille A. “Lu-Ann” O’Hearn & her husband Mark of Melrose. Loving grandaunt to Edward M. & Melissa E. Ferrante, both of Revere & Cory R. & Nancy M. O’Hearn, both L ifelong Revere Resident & Retiree of the A. & P. Corp. OBITUARIES | SEE PAGE 18 NOW BOOKING NEW CUSTOMERS! DON’T WAIT! 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