Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 49 – Report No. 39
September 23-27, 2024
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House and Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports on the number of times each representative sided with Gov. Maura Healey on her 20 vetoes of state budget items in the 2024 legislative session.
During the week of Sept.23-27, the House met for a total of 16 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 20 minutes.
A two-thirds vote is required to override a gubernatorial veto. In a full 160-member House, the governor needs the support of 54 representatives to sustain a veto when all 160 representatives vote—and fewer votes when some members are absent, or a seat is vacant. Healey fell far short of that goal as 25 votes was the most support she received on any veto. The House easily overrode all 20 vetoes.
No Democrats voted with Healey to sustain any vetoes. All 133 voted to override all the vetoes.
Of the 25 Republican members, only two voted with Healey 100 percent of the time to sustain the vetoes: Reps. Nick Boldyga (R-Southwick) and Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica).
The two GOP members who supported Healey the least number of times were Reps. David Vieira (R-Falmouth) and Kelly Pease (R-Westfield) who each voted with Healey only six times (30 percent of the time).
NUMBER OF TIMES REPRESENTATIVES SUPPORTED GOV. HEALEY’S VETOES IN THE 2024 SESSION – Here is how your representative fared in his or her support of Gov. Healey on the vetoes.
The percentage next to the representative’s name represents the percentage of times that he or she supported Healey. The number in parentheses represents the actual number of times the representative supported Healey.
Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian : 0 percent (0)
Rep. Donald Wong : 45 percent (9)
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