SENATE DOCKET, NO. 132        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1906

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jason M. Lewis

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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 Budget For All.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Anthony W. Petruccelli

First Suffolk and Middlesex

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 132        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1906

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by resolution, Senate, No. 1906) of Jason M. Lewis, Michael J. Barrett, Patricia D. Jehlen, Ruth B. Balser and other members of the General Court for the adoption of resolutions to amend the federal budget.  Veterans and Federal Affairs.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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Resolutions 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 [Senate] [House of Representatives] 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.