Thursday, January 14, 2010

This is Massachusetts' next Senator? You've got to be joking. He hasn't done anything for Massachusetts. Is he married? I never hear about a wife.


Ah, his voting record is abysmal.

You know that right?

The Republicans are dumping big money into this guy because he is glamorous.

I mean for real here.

He hasn't done anything for the people of Massachusetts except be a member of the party of NO.

We can start with his hostility against women.

His 'stand' isn't about abortion, it is about cruel and unusual punishment of women that have been raped. That was RAPED. Got it? Pure unadulterated hostility against women. He can't remember all of a sudden that he made such a stand? Oh, really. Sorry, but, I wouldn't want to take the chance he would 'do it again' after he remembers. Republicans are liars. Nothing, but, liars. They 'play position politics.' No pun intended.


Yvonne Abraham

Brown’s failure (click title to entry - thank you)

By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist
January 14, 2010
I don’t know what’s worse: that Scott Brown tried to weaken a law guaranteeing emergency contraception to rape victims, or that he now claims he can’t remember doing it. Or maybe it’s that, now that he’s running for US Senate, he’s dragging his daughters into the controversy to protect himself....


All of a sudden he has a lot of money coming into his campaign. Where did it come from? Long time backers? Or opportunists?

GOP Senate hopeful Scott Brown (click here) is outspending Attorney General Martha Coakley in television and radio ads as his campaign forges ahead in the general election, a Democratic source told the Herald yesterday.

Although he began the campaign as an underfunded long shot struggling to catch up to Coakley’s robust fund-raising operation, Brown was bolstered by an online cash drive that raked in a whopping $1.3 million in a day, according to his campaign.

“As of today, he will have outspent Martha Coakley’s campaign,” said the source....



That position is not his only failure in the political spectrum. Allow me.

In the Massachusetts State Senate his voting record is a failure. He, only on an occassion voted effectively for his constituencies. He is a member of 'The Party of No." He doesn't have 'policies,' all he has going for him is politics. We have seen these Republicans before, they aren't interested in people, they are interested in power.

Now, unless the entire Massachusetts State Legislature is going to be thrown out on their ear next election or the people of the state have been up in arms for the past four years, it would be the most foolish thing people could do to vote him into a federal seat for Massachusetts. He is 'anti-people' and always votes in opposition of measures that have passed, except, for a very rare occasion. He isn't good for people.

In total he has about a 20% success rate. Of the following 40 or so legislative initiative he only voted successfully 8 times. And it isn't just that he voted successfully and well, it was issues and the bills that passed he opposed that are important. He is dangerous. He practices politics and not policy. That is a real of direction change for the people of Massachusetts. They don't care about themselves anymore? This is not suppose to be about politics, this is about having an effective legislator 'across the board' for the people of the state.

This isn't a game. People should not be toying with folks. He is. Definitely.

Budget, Spending and Taxes (click here) - He voted three times with measures that passed. That was three times out of 8 legislation issues. That is a 37.5 % success rate. People or politics?

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

07/29/2008

Election Day Voter Registration
S 2807

Y

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

06/12/2008

Life-Science Bill
H 4554

N

Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(31 - 7)

05/06/2008

Cigarette Tax Increase
H 4645

NV

Bill Passed - Senate
(31 - 6)

07/31/2007

Sales Tax Holiday
HB 2876

Y

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 4)

05/24/2006

MassHealth Immigrant Eligibility Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(34 - 5)

05/24/2006

Sales Tax Holiday
Amdt 8 to SB 3

Y

Amendment Adopted - Senate
(23 - 16)

05/04/2006

MassHealth Benefits Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(37 - 2)

05/04/2006

Employer Contribution to Employee Health Care Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(31 - 9)

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Business and Consumers - Mr. Brown voted successfully two out of six legislative measures. That is a success rate of 33%

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/12/2008

Life-Science Bill
H 4554

N

Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(31 - 7)

05/06/2008

Cigarette Tax Increase
H 4645

NV

Bill Passed - Senate
(31 - 6)

07/31/2007

Sales Tax Holiday
HB 2876

Y

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 4)

06/22/2006

Massage Therapist Licensing
S 2258

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(29 - 8)

05/24/2006

Sales Tax Holiday
Amdt 8 to SB 3

Y

Amendment Adopted - Senate
(23 - 16)

05/04/2006

Employer Contribution to Employee Health Care Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(31 - 9)

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Campaign Finance and Election Issues – He voted one time successfully here. That is a success rate of 25%. He is strictly a political animal.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

09/22/2009

Authorizing Governor to Appoint Interim U.S. Senator
H 4246

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 16)

07/29/2008

Election Day Voter Registration
S 2807

Y

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

11/15/2007

Presidential Primary Date Change
S 2414

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

07/13/2006

Unsigned Political Posters
H 126

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(30 - 6)

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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights – He voted one time successfully here. That is a 33% success rate. Politics. He isn’t interested in being effective. He manipulates his constituency on ‘TYPICAL Republican ideologies’ and delivers NOTHING.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

07/29/2008

Election Day Voter Registration
S 2807

Y

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

06/14/2007

Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
S 2220

Y

Bill Failed - Senate
(5 - 34)

07/13/2006

Unsigned Political Posters
H 126

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(30 - 6)

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Drug Issues – Here he was completely unsuccessful. None of the bills went in his favor.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

07/13/2006

Sale of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
H 4176

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(25 - 11)

06/07/2006

Sale of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
H 4176

NV

Bill Passed - Senate
(26 - 8)

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Education – Here again, completely ineffective as a legislator.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

02/07/2008

Education Reorganization
H 4488

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

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Employment and Affirmative Action – Again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

05/04/2006

Employer Contribution to Employee Health Care Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(31 - 9)

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Executive Branch – Again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

09/22/2009

Authorizing Governor to Appoint Interim U.S. Senator
H 4246

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 16)

02/07/2008

Education Reorganization
H 4488

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

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Family and Children Issues – Again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/14/2007

Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
S 2220

Y

Bill Failed - Senate
(5 - 34)

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Federal, State, and Local Relations – Again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

09/22/2009

Authorizing Governor to Appoint Interim U.S. Senator
H 4246

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 16)

02/07/2008

Education Reorganization
H 4488

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 5)

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Health Issues – Again. Nothing. Not an effective legislator.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

07/13/2006

Sale of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
H 4176

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(25 - 11)

06/07/2006

Sale of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
H 4176

NV

Bill Passed - Senate
(26 - 8)

05/24/2006

MassHealth Immigrant Eligibility Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(34 - 5)

05/04/2006

MassHealth Benefits Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(37 - 2)

05/04/2006

Employer Contribution to Employee Health Care Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(31 - 9)

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Immigration – Again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

05/24/2006

MassHealth Immigrant Eligibility Veto Override
H 4479

N

Veto Override Passed - Senate
(34 - 5)

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Labor – Here it was a that was successful in conference.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/18/2009

Massachusetts Transportation Agency Consolidation
S 2087

Y

Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(27 - 11)

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Science and Medical Research – Failed.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/12/2008

Life-Science Bill
H 4554

N

Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(31 - 7)

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Social Issues – Failed again.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/14/2007

Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
S 2220

Y

Bill Failed - Senate
(5 - 34)

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Transportation Issues – 50% successful.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/18/2009

Massachusetts Transportation Agency Consolidation
S 2087

Y

Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(27 - 11)

05/18/2006

Primary Seat Belt Bill
H 229

N

Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 15)

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Women's Issues – Another failure.

Date

Bill Title

Vote

Outcome

06/14/2007

Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
S 2220


Bill Failed - Senate
(5 - 34)