There is jockeying for power at the Massachusetts statehouse with house speaker Sal Dimasi under an ethics cloud. Will there be a leadership fight?
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Our guests: Statehouse News Editor, Craig Sandler and Judy Meredith a lobbyist who runs the Public Policy Institute.
Plus, in our web specials: a 3rd graders perspective of the Massachusetts Statehouse, the history of the state’s speakers and politics, and a list of who votes with and against the Speaker of the House?
Take a slideshow tour of the Massachusetts State House with 3rd graders from the Lawrence School in Brookline.
The House of Representatives Recent History: A Timeline
Pan the timeline by dragging it horizontally. Click on a name or date for more info and photographs.
Timeline produced by Frannie Carr and Jesse Costa
Democrats don’t always vote in line with the leadership and when they don’t it’s called voting "off". To check out a compliation of who has cast the most and least votes against Speaker DiMasi in recent years read on… Most votes cast against DiMasi since 2005 Frank Hynes, 91 Fewest votes cast against DiMasi since 2005 Daniel Bosley, 1
Colleen Garry, 80
Paul Casey, 69
Christopher Fallon, 61
Walter Timilty, 61
William Greene Jr., 56
James Fagan, 55
John Quinn, 54
Timothy Toomey, 54
Michael Rush, 52
Patrick Natale, 50
Cory Atkins, 45
David Flynn, 43
William Pignatelli, 43
Angelo Scaccia, 40
Harriett Stanley, 40
Patricia Haddad, 1
Lida Harkins, 1
Kevin Honan, 2
Marie St. Fleur, 3
Ruth Balser, 4
Antonio Cabral, 4
Michael Costello, 4
Rachel Kaprielian, 4
Elizabeth Malia, 4
Jeffrey Sánchez, 4
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, 5
Byron Rushing, 5
Peter Koutoujian, 6
Tom Sannicandro, 6
Frank Smizik, 6
Of members who have been in office since the start of the 2005–’06 session.
Source: Boston Phoenix, from Massachusetts House Journals.
Now that the ground has thawed let’s go on an archaeological dig. What are some of the latest big local discoveries? What do historical artifacts teach us about our past?
