Word: bill
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Many supporters had feared that Sen. William"Biff" MacLean (D-Fairhaven), chair of theCommittee on Bills, would block the committee'spassage of the bill to the Senate floor until thelegislative session ended. MacLean's predecessor,Sen. Arthur J. Lewis (D-Jamaica Plains), was astaunch opponent of gay rights legislation andsuccessfully killed a similar bill with suchmethods two years...
...bill now still faces formidable oppositionfrom Senate President William M. Bulger(D-Boston), who wields considerable power in theSenate...
...bill exposed a lot of real distortions ofthe basic democratic process," says DavidLaFontaine, lobbying director for the Coalitionfor Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights...
According to LaFontaine, legislators likeBarrett, House Majority Leader Rep. Charles F.Flaherty (D-Cambridge) and Sen. Michael LoPresti(D-Boston) helped bring about last week's releaseof the bill from MacLean's committee, a majorlandmark in the fight to get H.5427 on the books...
...really a tremendous step forward. We'rereal confident that it will pass this session,"said Brian P. Murphy '86-'87, an aide to Sen. LoisG. Pines (D-Newton), a co-sponsor of the bill...