HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1024        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3144

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jay D. Livingstone

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying resolution:

Resolutions Referendum on a budget for all.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/14/2015

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

12/19/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/19/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/30/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

12/19/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

12/19/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

12/19/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

12/19/2019

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

12/19/2019

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

12/19/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

12/19/2019

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

12/19/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

12/19/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

12/19/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

12/19/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

12/19/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

12/19/2019

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

12/19/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

12/19/2019

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

12/19/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

2/4/2015

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

12/19/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

12/19/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

12/19/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1024        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3144

By Mr. Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by resolutions, House, No. 3144) of Jay D. Livingstone and others for the adoption of resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to take certain actions concerning national budgetary matters.  Veterans and Federal Affairs.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3211 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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Resolutions Referendum on a budget for all.

 

Whereas Federal Budget decisions will affect the public good for years to come; and

Whereas budget decisions made in Washington have a profound effect on the people of the Commonwealth; and

Whereas on November 6, 2012 voters in 91 cities and towns across Massachusetts have by large margins expressed their support for a “Budget for All” non-binding public policy question with the below provisions, and have urged their elected state officials to address Congress and the President on their behalf;

Therefore be it resolved that the Massachusetts General Court hereby calls upon Congress and the President to:

1. Prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans benefits, or to housing, food and unemployment assistance;

2. Create and protect jobs by investing in manufacturing, schools, housing, renewable energy, transportation and other public services;

3.  Provide new revenues for these purposes and to reduce the long-term federal deficit by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending offshore tax havens, and raising taxes on incomes over $250,000;  and

4. Redirect military spending to these domestic needs by reducing the military budget, ending the war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home safely now.