CITIZENS   FOR  LIMITED  TAXATION  &  GOVERNMENT
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Senate rollcall votes on tax increases
June 12-13, 2002
Massachusetts Senate


June 12, 2002 - Sen. Lees amendment:  Would prevent reduction of the personal exemption from present level of $4,400.

A "Nay" vote is anti-taxpayer.
A "Yea" vote is pro-taxpayer.

Antonioni (D-Leominster) Nay
Baddour (D-Methuen) Yea
Berry (D-Peabody) Nay
Birmingham (D-Chelsea) Nay
Brewer (D-Barre) Nay
Chandler (D-Worcester) Nay
Creedon (D-Brockton) Yea
Creem (D-Newton) Nay
Fargo (D-Lincoln) Nay
Glodis (D-Worcester) Yea
Hart (D-Boston) Nay
Havern (D-Arlington) Nay
Hedlund (R-Weymouth) Yea
Jacques (D-Needham) Nay
Joyce (D-Milton) Yea
Knapik (R-Westfield) Yea
Lees (East Longmeadow) Yea

Magnani (D-Framingham) Nay
McGee (D-Lynn) Nay
Melconian (D-Springfield) Nay
Menard (D-Somerset) Nay
Montigny (D-New Bedford) Nay
Moore (D-Uxbridge) Nay
Morrissey (D-Quincy) Nay
Murray (D-Plymouth) Yea
Nuciforo (D-Pittsfield) Nay
O'Leary (D-Barnstable) Nay
Pacheco (D-Taunton) Nay
Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) Nay
Resor (D-Acton) Nay
Rosenberg (D-Amherst) Nay
Shannon (D-Winchester) Nay
Sprague D-Walpole) Yea
Tarr (Gloucester) Yea
Tisei (R-Wakefield) Yea

Tolman (D-Boston) Nay
Travaglini (D-Boston) Nay
Tucker (D-Andover) Nay
Walsh (D-Boston) Nay
Wilkerson (D-Boston) Nay


June 12, 2002 - Sen. Lees amendment:  Would keep the state income tax deduction for charitable donations.

A "Nay" vote is anti-taxpayer.
A "Yea" vote is pro-taxpayer.

Antonioni (D-Leominster) Nay
Baddour (D-Methuen) Yea
Berry (D-Peabody) Nay
Birmingham (D-Chelsea) No Vote
Brewer (D-Barre) Nay
Chandler (D-Worcester) Nay
Creedon (D-Brockton) Nay
Creem (D-Newton) Yea
Fargo (D-Lincoln) Nay
Glodis (D-Worcester) Yea
Hart (D-Boston) Nay
Havern (D-Arlington) Nay
Hedlund (R-Weymouth) Yea
Jacques (D-Needham) Nay
Joyce (D-Milton) Yea
Knapik (R-Westfield) Yea
Lees (East Longmeadow) Yea

Magnani (D-Framingham) Nay
McGee (D-Lynn) Nay
Melconian (D-Springfield) Nay
Menard (D-Somerset) Nay
Montigny (D-New Bedford) Nay
Moore (D-Uxbridge) Nay
Morrissey (D-Quincy) Nay
Murray (D-Plymouth) Yea
Nuciforo (D-Pittsfield) Nay
O'Leary (D-Barnstable) Nay
Pacheco (D-Taunton) Nay
Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) Nay
Resor (D-Acton) Nay
Rosenberg (D-Amherst) Nay
Shannon (D-Winchester) Nay
Sprague D-Walpole) Yea
Tarr (Gloucester) Yea
Tisei (R-Wakefield) Yea

Tolman (D-Boston) Nay
Travaglini (D-Boston) Nay
Tucker (D-Andover) Nay
Walsh (D-Boston) Nay
Wilkerson (D-Boston) Nay


June 12, 2002 - Sen. Lees amendment:  Capital gains tax to take effect on January 1, 2003.   (Would eliminate the retroactive feature of the proposed tax increase)

A "Nay" vote is anti-taxpayer.
A "Yea" vote is pro-taxpayer.

Antonioni (D-Leominster) Nay
Baddour (D-Methuen) Yea
Berry (D-Peabody) Nay
Birmingham (D-Chelsea) No Vote
Brewer (D-Barre) Yea
Chandler (D-Worcester) Nay
Creedon (D-Brockton) Nay
Creem (D-Newton) Nay
Fargo (D-Lincoln) Nay
Glodis (D-Worcester) Yea
Hart (D-Boston) Nay
Havern (D-Arlington) Nay
Hedlund (R-Weymouth) Yea
Jacques (D-Needham) Nay
Joyce (D-Milton) Yea
Knapik (R-Westfield) Yea
Lees (East Longmeadow) Yea 

Magnani (D-Framingham) Nay
McGee (D-Lynn) Nay
Melconian (D-Springfield) Nay
Menard (D-Somerset) Nay
Montigny (D-New Bedford) Nay
Moore (D-Uxbridge) Nay
Morrissey (D-Quincy) Nay
Murray (D-Plymouth) Yea
Nuciforo (D-Pittsfield) Nay
O'Leary (D-Barnstable) Nay
Pacheco (D-Taunton) Nay
Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) Nay
Resor (D-Acton) Yea
Rosenberg (D-Amherst) Nay
Shannon (D-Winchester) Nay
Sprague D-Walpole) Yea
Tarr (Gloucester) Yea
Tisei (R-Wakefield) Yea

Tolman (D-Boston) Nay
Travaglini (D-Boston) Nay
Tucker (D-Andover) Yea
Walsh (D-Boston) Nay
Wilkerson (D-Boston) Nay


June 13, 2002 - Engrossment of Senate budget, including the largest tax hike in state history.

A "Yea" vote is anti-taxpayer.
A "Nay" vote is pro-taxpayer.

Antonioni (D-Leominster) Yea
Baddour (D-Methuen) Nay
Berry (D-Peabody) Yea
Birmingham (D-Chelsea) No Vote
Brewer (D-Barre) Yea
Chandler (D-Worcester) Yea
Creedon (D-Brockton) Yea
Creem (D-Newton) Yea
Fargo (D-Lincoln) Yea
Glodis (D-Worcester) Yea
Hart (D-Boston) Yea
Havern (D-Arlington) Yea
Hedlund (R-Weymouth) Yea
Jacques (D-Needham) Yea
Joyce (D-Milton) Yea
Knapik (R-Westfield) Yea
Lees (East Longmeadow) Nay
Magnani (D-Framingham) Yea
McGee (D-Lynn) Yea
Melconian (D-Springfield) Yea
Menard (D-Somerset) Yea
Montigny (D-New Bedford) Yea
Moore (D-Uxbridge) Yea
Morrissey (D-Quincy) Yea
Murray (D-Plymouth) Yea
Nuciforo (D-Pittsfield) Yea
O'Leary (D-Barnstable) Yea
Pacheco (D-Taunton) Yea
Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) Yea
Resor (D-Acton) Yea
Rosenberg (D-Amherst) Yea
Shannon (D-Winchester) Yea
Sprague D-Walpole) Nay
Tarr (Gloucester) Nay
Tisei (R-Wakefield) Nay

Tolman (D-Boston) Yea
Travaglini (D-Boston) Yea
Tucker (D-Andover) Yea
Walsh (D-Boston) Yea
Wilkerson (D-Boston) Yea


Rollcall vote on "freezing" the voter-mandated income tax rollback.

There was none.

No senator bothered to ask for one, so voters and taxpayers will never know how their senator voted. Overturning the voters' mandate was adopted on an unrecorded voice vote!


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