Word: finneran
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While Demakis is often noted as a foe of House Speaker Thomas Finneran—one of only 14 Democrats, he says, who voted for a term limit that would have ousted the powerful house leader—Decker has charged that Demakis has sided with Finneran too often...
...senate president, Birmingham is working with Swift and House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran to close the budget...
...after Barrios, who currently represents the 28th district, decided to seek a seat in the state senate, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Boston) split the voters of this district into several others...
Barrios attributed Finneran’s decision to his desire to weaken the power of Cambridge voters who typically elect progressive representatives. Finneran is known for his tight control over the legislature and conservative views...
However, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan) has abused his power by blocking any attempt to implement the law. Finneran has prevented funding proposals for Clean Elections from seeing the light of day while the $23 million already in the Clean Elections account goes unspent. While we recognize that the state budget is spread thin during this recession, this does not mean that voters’ funding priorities, as expressed in the referendum that approved this law, are any less valid than those of the members of the legislature...