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...State House for more than 23 years. The Somerville representative declined to say how much she had raised, but a campaign finance report shows she had received more than $21,000 by the end of 1987. Her contributors include many trade unions and Senator President William M. Bulger (D-Boston...
Howe said he hopes to work towards reform of the State Senate rules, which now give decisive power to Senate President William Bulger (D-South Boston). Bulger recently quipped that he values the eight Senate Republicans as an opposition force that helps him keep his 32 Democrats "in line." Many liberals in the body say that Bulger effectively prevents debate on many issues...
Unlike State Sen. George Bachrach, whose decision to confront Bulger directly lost him a committee chairmanship, Howe said he would try to work through a coalition with other Senate liberals. "If [Bachrach] expected to stay in the Senate he would have shown a more consensus-building approach," Howe commented...
Proponents of the measure, led by State Senate President William Bulger of heavily Catholic South Boston, say it would counteract the anti-Catholic sentiments in a section of the constitution that was passed...
Tolman also voiced a commitment to work for Senate rules reform if elected. Bachrach's advocacy of such measures, in defiance of Senate President William Bulger, is widely believed to have cost him a committee chairmanship and considerable influence. Tolman said he believed a coalition of liberal senators could successfully pass reform measures without being penalized...