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...Senate Ways and Means Committee endorsed the bill to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by a vote of 7-6 with one member, Sen. Robert Wetmore (D-Barre) reserving his rights...
...Sen. Michael Barrett (D-Cambridge), the chief sponsor of the bill, praised the committee's swift action on the measure, coming two weeks after the panel received it, compared to the four-and-one-half months the committee held it last year...
...Sen. Joseph Walsh (D-Boston) tried and failed yesterday to postpone Ways and Means action on the bill for one month...
...bill, affecting discrimination in housing, employment, credit and public accommodations, passed the House and won a majority in the Senate last year. But before the measure could get a final Senate vote, it was sent to a committee headed by opponent Sen. Arthur Lewis (D-Boston), who refused to release the bill...
March 1, 1988: Rep. Barney Frank '62 (D-Mass.) writes a letter endorsing HUCTW and criticizing the antiunion campaigning of the University. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) and his nephew Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) also say they support the union's efforts...