Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Posting of Roll Call Votes Online
Today the Massachusetts State Senate has begun debating a
Senate Committee on Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2014 state budget proposal, and
for the first time the State Senate is posting the results of the actual roll
call votes made by the members.
The Senate Republican Caucus has been championing
transparency within the Legislature for years, and this is the direct result of
an amendment to the Senate Rules that I offered with the Republican Caucus and
others that mandates the Clerk of the Senate to post the results of all roll
call votes on the General Court’s website.
With the posting of roll call votes online, every citizen will have the
opportunity to review how each and every member of the Senate voted on a
particular measure, allowing for more transparency and accountability.
Please click here to review all of the amendments that were
filed by the members to the FY’14 budget proposal. To view the results of a particular roll call
vote, click the RC link under the Action column.
