HOW THE HOUSE VOTED - - -

HOW THE HOUSE VOTED - - -
A "yes" vote was in favor of sending the bill to a study committee which kills the bill; A "no" vote was against sending the bill to committee, which would have kept it alive.

Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton - Y
Willie Mae Allen, D-Boston - N
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - Y
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - Y
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - N
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - Y
Carlo P. Basile, D-Boston - Y
Fred Barrows, R-Mansfield - N
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - Y
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N
William N. Brownsberger, D-Belmont - Y
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - Y
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - Y
Thomas Calter, D-Kingston - N
Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen - Y
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - X
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - N
Katherine Clark, D-Melrose - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - Y
Thomas F. Conroy, D-Wayland - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - Y
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - N
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - N
Steven J. D'Amico, D-Seekonk - Y
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - Y
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - Y
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - Y
Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg - N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - Y
Joseph R. Driscoll Jr., D-Braintree - N
Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead - Y
James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - Y
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - N
James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - Y
Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - X
Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - Y
Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - Y
John V. Fernandes, D-Milford - Y
Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - Y
Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - N
David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - Y
Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - Y
Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - Y
John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - N
Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - N
William C. Galvin, D-Canton - X
Sean Garballey, D-Arlington - Y
Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - N
Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - N
Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - Y
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - Y
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - Y
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - N
Denis Guyer, D-Dalton - Y
Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - Y
Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - Y
Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - Y
Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - Y
Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich -N
Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - Y
Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - N
Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - N
Louis L. Kafka, D-Stoughton - Y
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - Y
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - Y
John D. Keenan, D-Salem - Y
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - Y
Kay Khan, D-Newton - Y
Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton - Y
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - Y
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - X
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - Y
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - N
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - Y
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - Y
Paul Loscocco, R-Holliston - Y
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - Y
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - Y
Allen J. McCarthy, D-East Bridgewater - N
Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham - Y
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y
Michael Moran, D-Boston - Y
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - Y
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y
Kevin M. Murphy, D-Lowell - Y
David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y
Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - N
Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - N
Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - N
James O'Day, D-West Boylston - N
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - Y
Matthew C. Patrick, D-Falmouth - Y
Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown - Y
Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - Y
Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - Y
Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - N
George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - N
Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - Y
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - Y
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - N (z)
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - N
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - Y
Angelo Puppolo, D-Wilbraham - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - X
Robert Rice Jr., D-Gardner - N
Pam Richardson, D-Framingham - Y
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - Y
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - Y
Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - N (z)
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - N
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - Y
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - Y
Rosemary Sandlin, D-Agawam - N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - Y
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - Y
Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Somerville - Y
Stephen Smith, D-Everett - N
Frank I. Smizik, D-Brookline - Y
Todd M. Smola, R-Palmer - Y
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - Y
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - Y
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Pittsfield - Y
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Marie P. St. Fleur, D-Boston - Y
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - Y
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - Y
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - Y
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - Y
Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - N
A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - Y
Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - N
David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - Y
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - Y
Cleon H. Turner, D-Dennis - N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - Y
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - Y
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - Y
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - N
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - Y
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - Y
Martha M. Walz, D-Boston - Y
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - N
James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - Y
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - Y
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(z) Reps. Poirier and Ross indicated after the vote that they had both intended to vote "yes" instead of "no"
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N no
Y yes
X not voting
P present

Casino Legislation Stopped

DiMasi and his cronies has stopped any hope of further discussion of casinos in Massachusetts for the year.

Blue law still prevails in the State and if you are pro casinos you will be taking a close look at your Representatives to view how they voted on the issues and adjust your own personal voting accordingly.

With a very strong State debt DiMasi has managed to keep our gambling money to Connecticut.

As for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe they will attempt to work with the Federal goverment for the right to open a casino. If there is a victory by Senator John McCain, who strongly opposes so-called off-reservation Indian casinos, it could derail the Wampanoags' efforts.

2008 Update on Mass Casinos

In a poll taken of 114 Massachusetts Legislators 19 support, 27 oppose, and 40 were undecided.