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The Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, [1] was a healthcare reform law passed in 2006 and signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The law mandated that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain ...
The governor of Massachusetts is the chief executive of the commonwealth, and is supported by a number of subordinate officers. He, like most other state officers, senators, and representatives, was originally elected annually. In 1918 this was changed to a two-year term, and since 1966 the office of governor has carried a four-year term.
Saoirse Kennedy Hill (1997–2019) granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy who was a candidate for the Democratic Party in the 1968 United States presidential election; Gideon Joseph Kennedy Kennedy (2011–2020) son of Maeve Kennedy McKean who both drowned in 2020 after being missing for two days; See also. List of lists of political families
The Massachusetts General Court took up the repeal of the 1913 law the next month. On July 15, the Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal it on a unanimous voice vote. The House approved the legislation on July 29, 2008 on a 118 to 35 vote, and Governor Deval Patrick signed the bill into law on July 31. It took effect immediately.
Michael Stanley Dukakis ( / dʊˈkɑːkɪs / duu-KAH-kiss; born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew.
The Province of Massachusetts Bay [1] was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was based in the merging of several earlier British colonies in New ...
Political party strength in Massachusetts. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in Massachusetts : The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes, and ...
Ted Kennedy. * Dodd served as acting chair during Kennedy's medical leave. Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second most senior member of the ...