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MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. Tools for Understanding State Budget Proposals     Tomorrow the Governor will kick off the state budget season by releasing a detailed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposal. The Governor's proposal begins an important process of determining what we as a Commonwealth hope to do together through our government next year, and detailing how we will pay for those things. The likely schedule for subsequent steps in the budget process is: In April, the House will debate and approve its FY 2019 budget proposal. In May, the Senate does the same. In June, a joint House/Senate conference committee reconciles differences between these two budgets which the Legislature approves. The final budget plan, which requires the Governor's signature, will ideally be completed by July 1st, the beginning of FY 2019. MassBudget works ...

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MITCH MCCONNELL OWNS THE GOP GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN! Watch The Turtle's Tactics - Mitch McConnell prevented government from remaining open.... 3 DEMOCRATS STOOD UP AND PROPOSED UNANIMOUS CONSENT --- MITCH MCCONNELL STOPPED IT BY OBJECTING. Lawrence: With 'I object,' McConnell owns shutdown's worst harms Lawrence O'Donnell explains how Democrats, specifically Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, outsmarted Mitch McConnell… MSNBC.COM Lawrence: With 'I object,' McConnell owns shutdown's worst harms Lawrence O'Donnell explains how Democrats, specifically Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, outsmarted Mitch McConnell and forced the GOP to take full ownership of the shutdown's most harmful effects.   Duration: 11:51 http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-with-i-object-mcconnell-owns-shutdown-s-worst-harms-1143240...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/23/2018 Probe 'concerns' | Guy Fawkes discredited | Ghost shifts Happening Today Cannabis Commission, college tuition rates, State of the Commonwealth Address --  Board of Elementary and Secondary Educatio n and the  Board of Higher Education  hold a joint meeting to discuss early college efforts and educator preparation, Bridgewater State University, Rondileau Campus Center, 19 Park Ave., Bridgewater, 9 a.m. --  Our Climate , a youth-led organization, plans to fan out to legislative offices during a lobby day at the State House to push legislators to support carbon pricing, State House, 10 a.m. -- The  Housing Committee holds a public hearing with an age...