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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Politicians: Archives
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from State of Massachusetts Archives (number of quotes indicated):
- ACLU (1)
- Alan Khazei (8) Democratic U.S. Rep Massachusetts-4
- Ayanna Pressley (15) Democrat U.S. Rep Massachusetts-7
- Bob Massie (4) Massachusetts Democratic candidate for Massachusetts Governor
- Brian Herr (9) Republican Senate Challenger Massachusetts
- Charlie Baker (1) Massachusetts Republican Governor
- Chris Gabrieli (3) Democratic 2006 Challenger
- Christy Mihos (16) Former Independent Challenger 2006
- Deval Patrick (31) Massachusetts Democratic Governor
- Don Berwick (6) Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
- Ed Markey (13) Dem. (Elected to Senate 2013) U.S. Rep Massachusetts-5
- Elizabeth Warren (1) Massachusetts Senator
- Gabriel Gomez (23) Republican Challenger Massachusetts
- Grace Ross (12) Former Green Challenger 2006
- Jack Robinson (6) Former Republican Special Election Challenger (2009) Massachusetts
- Jane Swift (1) Former Republican Governor (2001-2002)
- Jeff Beatty (12) Republican Senate challenger (2008) Massachusetts
- Jill Stein (1) Green Challenger
- Joe L. Kennedy (1) Libertarian Senate challenger Massachusetts
- John Kerry (2) Cabinet Climate Envoy
- Karyn Polito (1) Massachusetts Republican Lt. Governor
- Kerry Healey (30) Former GOP 2006 Challenger
- Martha Coakley (26) Massachusetts Democratic Challenger
- Michael Capuano (8) Democrat U.S. Rep Massachusetts-7
- Mitt Romney (6) Massachusetts Former GOP Governor (2003-2006); Pres. candidate (2008)
- Robert Reich (3) Massachusetts Former Dem. Challenger 2002, and Cabinet Sec'y
- Scott Brown (36) Term ended 2004 U.S. Rep Ninth Norfolk-9
- Shannon O'Brien (5) Democratic Challenger 2002
- Sonia Chang-Diaz (4) Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
- Stephen Pagliuca (10) Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009) Massachusetts
- Steve Grossman (6) Massachusetts Democratic Challenger
- Steve Lynch (6) Democrat (Senate run 2013) U.S. Rep Massachusetts-8
- Tom Reilly (14) Former Dem. 2006 Challenger
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Abortion
Ayanna Pressley: Abortion is a woman's right.
Deval Patrick: Decisions on abortion should be made by women.
Ed Markey: Endorsed by Planned Parenthood; supports abortion rights.
Ed Markey: Litmus test for Supreme Court nominees on abortion.
Gabriel Gomez: I'm personally prolife but I'm not changing any abortion law.
Gabriel Gomez: 24-hour waiting period for a woman to get an abortion.
Kerry Healey: Favors embryonic stem cell research.
Kerry Healey: I've always been pro choice, even when Romney disagreed.
Martha Coakley: AdWatch: Brown denied contraception to rape victims.
Martha Coakley: Helped minors get court orders without parental consent.
Martha Coakley: Partial-birth ban needs exceptions for maternal health.
Scott Brown: Abortions should always be legally available.
Scott Brown: 2005: Conscience-based opt out of post-rape contraception.
Scott Brown: Provide info about emergency contraception to rape victims.
Scott Brown: Support legalized abortion, but not partial-birth abortion.
Scott Brown: Supported by right-to-life groups for stem cell stance.
Scott Brown: Authored bill for 24-hour waiting period for abortion.
Steve Lynch: Opposes abortion funding but funded Planned Parenthood.
Steve Lynch: Protect Roe v. Wade; it keeps abortion in clinical setting.
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Budget & Economy
Ayanna Pressley: Federal projects can spur economic growth.
Brian Herr: Limited Hopkinton annual property tax increase to under 2.5%.
Brian Herr: Control spending; oppose earmarks; reduce national debt.
Deval Patrick: Focus on stimulating economic growth via local aid.
Ed Markey: Sequestration is another word for mindless cuts.
Ed Markey: Home mortgage deduction should not be on the table.
Gabriel Gomez: Deficit reduction might even include home mortgage deduction.
Grace Ross: Shift $3B in more taxes on very rich by flattening tax rates.
Kerry Healey: Work cooperatively with legislature on economic stimulus.
Kerry Healey: Focus on local aid and mobilizing people to call for it.
Martha Coakley: Economic system spiraling out of control; go after Wall St.
Mitt Romney: Will cut deficit and help Americans save.
Scott Brown: People are angry over tax and spend mentality and $12T debt.
Scott Brown: AdWatch: $2 trillion spending spree puts us deeper in debt.
Scott Brown: No new regulation of the financial markets.
Scott Brown: Let private enterprise try to get us out of this mess.
Scott Brown: No cap on bankers' salaries.
Shannon O'Brien: Accused of mismanagement of Abandoned Property account.
Stephen Pagliuca: Managing director at Bain Capital; trained as accountant.
Steve Lynch: Voted for sequestration because debt default was worse.
Steve Lynch: Supported sequestration and opposed financial bailouts.
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Civil Rights
Ayanna Pressley: The LGBTQ community should be treated as equals.
Deval Patrick: Supports equal marriage rights for gays.
Deval Patrick: Former civil rights prosecutor under President Clinton.
Ed Markey: History of voting for women's rights.
Gabriel Gomez: Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
Gabriel Gomez: I support Paycheck Fairness Act's equal pay for women.
Kerry Healey: Ban gay marriage, but not in GOP party platform.
Mitt Romney: Sexual orientation should not preclude being a Scout.
Mitt Romney: Put gay marriage ban into GOP party platform.
Tom Reilly: Opposed gay marriage but now supports it.
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Corporations
Ayanna Pressley: No one on Wall Street is bigger than the law.
Christy Mihos: Property tax rollback will bring businesses back in-state.
Deval Patrick: Local capital for local biz, & state pays for infrastructure.
Grace Ross: Focus on reducing costs for small biz, not big corporations.
Kerry Healey: Make permitting process easier for businesses.
Stephen Pagliuca: Not right to pay bankers bonuses with 320,000 unemployed.
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Crime
Deval Patrick: Focus on guns & gang violence, not immigration status.
Deval Patrick: Supports criminal rehabilitation and alternative sentencing.
Jeff Beatty: Endorsed Jessica's Law to punish sex offenders.
Karyn Polito: Leading advocate for the passage of "Jessica's Law".
Kerry Healey: Check immigration status when police stop motorists.
Martha Coakley: Lobbied hard to keep Gerald Amirault in prison.
Martha Coakley: Opposes death penalty, but federal death penalty ok.
Mitt Romney: Safe streets will be a campaign theme.
Mitt Romney: Will bring new businesses to urban areas.
Scott Brown: Implement the death penalty in Massachusetts.
Sonia Chang-Diaz: For criminal justice reform, repeal racist sentencing rules.
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Drugs
Gabriel Gomez: Federal medical marijuana OK; leave the rest to states.
Scott Brown: Stop dependence on drug trade in Afghanistan.
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Education
Ayanna Pressley: Debt free college should be available for all.
Brian Herr: Schools are best run at the local level; end Dept. of Ed.
Chris Gabrieli: More charter schools and individual merit pay.
Chris Gabrieli: Supports charter schools and calls them successful.
Christy Mihos: Supports charters, but keep the cap for now.
Christy Mihos: MCAS has become a weapon against public education.
Christy Mihos: No state-based merit pay; let cities & towns decide.
Deval Patrick: Cap charter schools until funding formulas improved.
Deval Patrick: Supports unionized Horace Mann charter over regular charters.
Deval Patrick: Supports MCAS but would add a science test and other tests.
Deval Patrick: Favors MCAS, but not as only measure of education reform.
Deval Patrick: Incentives & merit pay on school-wide basis only.
Grace Ross: MCAS is a big part of why kids drop out of high school.
Grace Ross: Constitutional commitment to education--35 kids is too many.
Kerry Healey: No in-state tuition break for illegal immigrants.
Kerry Healey: Raise mandatory age to 18 with incentives to stay in school.
Kerry Healey: Higher percent of spending in classrooms & teachers.
Kerry Healey: Strong backer of more charter schools.
Kerry Healey: Strong supporter of the MCAS and standards.
Kerry Healey: Merit pay for best teachers & those at most-needed schools.
Scott Brown: Vouchers for public, private, or religious schools.
Sonia Chang-Diaz: Fought for $1.5 billion in new aid to K-12 districts.
Tom Reilly: Supports charter schools and MCAS testing.
Tom Reilly: More charter schools and individual merit pay.
Tom Reilly: Supports charter schools in districts with low test scores.
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Energy & Oil
Ayanna Pressley: We need to encourage renewable energy.
Ed Markey: Simply unneeded to subsidize oil industry.
Gabriel Gomez: Keystone XL project brings jobs.
Jeff Beatty: Opposed gas tax hikes; roll-back gasoline prices.
Jeff Beatty: Should have drilled ANWR 10 years ago; so drill now.
Jeff Beatty: Additional drilling has to be part of the solution.
Kerry Healey: I like wind energy, but Cape Wind is a bad idea.
Martha Coakley: Supports national cap-and-trade system, plus renewables.
Scott Brown: Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
Scott Brown: Opposes cap-and-trade system, but renewables OK.
Scott Brown: Cap-and-trade is a national energy tax.
Sonia Chang-Diaz: Supports green public transportation.
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Environment
Ayanna Pressley: Empower the EPA; strengthen clean air & water laws.
Bob Massie: Green Bank: capitalize on what nature provides us.
Christy Mihos: Cape Wind hurts fishing industry.
Deval Patrick: Engage in DC regulatory fight to protect our fishing fleet.
Gabriel Gomez: I'm a "green Republican"; others in GOP deny science.
Grace Ross: Agriculture deserves more economic development attention.
Kerry Healey: Fight new regulations that put fishermen out of business.
Mitt Romney: Clean environment will be a campaign theme.
Steve Lynch: Help Massachusetts fishermen as working class.
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Families & Children
Ayanna Pressley: Paid family leave is a necessity.
Bob Massie: Support Raise Up Agenda of paid family leave.
Jeff Beatty: Supports protecting families.
Kerry Healey: Teach abstinence as part of comprehensive sex ed.
Martha Coakley: Mandatory prosecution of restraining order violations.
Michael Capuano: Healthy Families Act: paid time off for respite care.
Scott Brown: Presumption of shared parenting after divorce.
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Foreign Policy
Brian Herr: I believe in diplomacy; but keep terrorists out.
Steve Grossman: Former chair of pro-Israel lobby continues strong support.
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Free Trade
Jeff Beatty: Protect jobs for American citizens.
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Government Reform
ACLU: Sue states for arbitrary voter registration deadlines.
Alan Khazei: Include senior opportunities in Serve America Act.
Deval Patrick: Limit campaign donations.
Don Berwick: Fight overturn or repeal Citizens United.
Ed Markey: Authored laws on Telecomm, insider trading, and Alzheimers.
Gabriel Gomez: No anti-ad pledge; my only pledge is to Constitution.
Martha Coakley: Current FEC reporting on donors & meetings is enough.
Michael Capuano: If meetings are made public, people will not visit Senators.
Scott Brown: Campaign disclosure but no donation limits.
Scott Brown: Let president decide on nominees.
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Gun Control
Ayanna Pressley: Gun control needs to be implemented now.
Deval Patrick: Strengthen existing gun laws; require background checks.
Don Berwick: Weapons of war have no place on our streets.
Ed Markey: Fight the NRA for broader gun control measures.
Ed Markey: Expand background checks; ban assault weapons; fight NRA.
Gabriel Gomez: In favor of closing the gun-show loophole.
Gabriel Gomez: Tie gun sales to mental health checks.
Gabriel Gomez: I oppose the NRA on expanded background checks.
Gabriel Gomez: A lot of people in the GOP are wrong on gun control.
Scott Brown: Concealed carry ok; but licenses & background checks ok too.
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Health Care
Alan Khazei: Close the Medicare Part D coverage gap.
Ayanna Pressley: Obamacare should be further implemented.
Bob Massie: Healthcare "entitlement" is Constitutional "life & liberty".
Brian Herr: ObamaCare gives too much federal authority.
Chris Gabrieli: Raise employer uninsured healthcare assessment above $295.
Deval Patrick: Supports employer uninsured healthcare assessment, plus more.
Ed Markey: Supported ObamaCare but would repeal aspects of it.
Elizabeth Warren: Too many huge federal giveaways to the drug industry.
Gabriel Gomez: Universal affordable coverage, but repeal ObamaCare.
Gabriel Gomez: ObamaCare hurts the middle class & small business.
Gabriel Gomez: Repeal medical device tax in ObamaCare.
Jack Robinson: Universal coverage; no Medicare cuts; no tax increase.
Jack Robinson: Increase consumer choice and control for longterm care.
Kerry Healey: Save $160M by consolidating city & town insurance purchases.
Martha Coakley: Individual mandate with public insurance option.
Martha Coakley: Target enforcement against corrupt long term care facilities.
Martha Coakley: System is broken and needs to be fixed now.
Michael Capuano: Preserve all the Medicare benefits for seniors.
Scott Brown: Ensure access to basic health care, including state funding.
Scott Brown: MA already has health bill; don't impose new federal bill.
Scott Brown: 41st vote against Obama's healthcare plan.
Scott Brown: Public option is really a government option.
Stephen Pagliuca: Close the Medicare Part D "doughnut hole" coverage gap.
Stephen Pagliuca: Expand home and community-based long term care services.
Steve Grossman: Advocates bulk purchasing of medication to reduce prices.
Steve Grossman: Commit to public school teaching in exchange for scholarship.
Steve Lynch: Opposed ObamaCare and would repeal aspects of it.
Tom Reilly: Opposes $295/yr employer fee for uninsured employees.
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Homeland Security
Alan Khazei: Would vote against Patriot Act.
Ed Markey: Don't compromise innocent haystack looking for guilty needle.
Gabriel Gomez: Fight to preserve Western Massachusetts' military units.
Gabriel Gomez: Only traitors reveal harmful surveillance information.
Jeff Beatty: Restructure forces, larger, & for liberation, not occupation.
Martha Coakley: Would vote against Patriot Act as currently formulated.
Martha Coakley: Protect due process in any plan to keep America safe.
Scott Brown: Supports enhanced interrogation techniques.
Scott Brown: No constitutional rights for enemy combatants.
Stephen Pagliuca: Would vote against Patriot Act.
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Immigration
Ayanna Pressley: America needs to be immigrant friendly.
Brian Herr: Enforce existing laws including penalizing employers.
Brian Herr: Seal the borders to prevent illegal entry.
Charlie Baker: Adopt Secure Communities and REAL ID standards.
Christy Mihos: Illegal immigration is illegal--they cost Massachusetts $1B.
Christy Mihos: Dems want immigrants votes; GOP wants their cheap labor.
Christy Mihos: No licenses for illegals; felony for driving without license.
Deval Patrick: In-state tuition ok for illegals; focus on employers.
Deval Patrick: Drivers licenses for illegals, for security and safety.
Don Berwick: Comprehensive reform with pathway to citizenship.
Gabriel Gomez: Make the Senate "Gang of Eight" a "Gang of Nine".
Gabriel Gomez: Pathway to citizenship should include learning English.
Grace Ross: Illegal immigrants pay taxes like the rest of us.
Grace Ross: Illegal immigration is only an issue because of jobs.
Kerry Healey: A nation of immigrants, but also a nation of laws.
Kerry Healey: Opposes in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Kerry Healey: Urges Attorney General to investigate hiring illegals.
Kerry Healey: Opposes issuing licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Jobs
Alan Khazei: Enforceable workforce protection for seniors.
Ayanna Pressley: A higher Federal minimum wage is beneficial.
Deval Patrick: Pledge to work with AFL-CIO means being open to all voices.
Ed Markey: $10 an hour minimum wage is just a first step.
Jack Robinson: Restore the full protections of the age discrimination laws.
Kerry Healey: Deval's pledge to work with AFL-CIO means higher costs.
Martha Coakley: Restore the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
Michael Capuano: Strengthen rights of seniors against age discrimination.
Robert Reich: Prodded Clinton on minimum wage & corporate welfare.
Scott Brown: No affirmative action in public employment nor contracting.
Scott Brown: AdWatch: I agree with JFK that cutting taxes creates jobs.
Stephen Pagliuca: 10% unemployment is totally unacceptable.
Stephen Pagliuca: Reverse Gross v FBL Financial: no age discrimination.
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Principles & Values
Alan Khazei: Would take a "big citizenship" approach to Washington.
Brian Herr: Four R's: Reasonable; Responsible; Respectful; Republican.
Christy Mihos: “Game on”, but maybe as Republican or maybe independent.
Christy Mihos: On being a spoiler: How can you spoil a rotten system?
Christy Mihos: Not just passing through Massachusetts, like some governors.
Christy Mihos: I represent 50% of voters; no difference between Dems & GOP.
Deval Patrick: Galvin withdraws; it’s head-to-head against Tom Reilly.
Deval Patrick: Galvin withdraws; it’s head-to-head against Tom Reilly.
Deval Patrick: Patrick wins first test at caucuses, by 2-1 margin.
Deval Patrick: Running to reach out to all & create a stake in the future.
Deval Patrick: Do we stay on this path, or do we make a change?
Deval Patrick: Outsider governor balances entrenched establishment.
Don Berwick: I believe steadfastly in the separation of church and state.
Gabriel Gomez: FactCheck: Markey authored successful bills over 22 years.
Grace Ross: Earns $30K/year; millionaires have no clue what we face.
Grace Ross: Running to rebuild democracy.
Jack Robinson: Ran as Republican in past; running as Independent in 2013.
Jane Swift: First sitting governor to give birth.
Kerry Healey: Focus on giving voters a meaningful choice.
Kerry Healey: Republican governor balances 87% Democrat legislature.
Martha Coakley: Considers herself a liberal, but look at the record.
Michael Capuano: Proud to say I'm a liberal.
Robert Reich: Calling Democrats "dead" meant to stimulate debate.
Robert Reich: Pro-economic growth progressive.
Scott Brown: $1.3 million in 24 hours via Internet "Money Bomb" appeal.
Shannon O'Brien: Spouse resigns as lobbyist, to avoid conflict of interest.
Sonia Chang-Diaz: First Latina elected to the Massachusetts State Senate.
Steve Grossman: All deserve equal opportunity to benefit from hard work.
Tom Reilly: Conte case: Reilly wanted to spare family, not cover up.
Tom Reilly: Conte case: Reilly wanted to spare family, not cover up.
Tom Reilly: Galvin withdraws; it's head-to-head against Deval Patrick.
Tom Reilly: Galvin withdraws; it's head-to-head against Deval Patrick.
Tom Reilly: Built $4M warchest from those doing business with AG office.
Tom Reilly: Built $4M warchest from those doing business with AG office.
Tom Reilly: Running mate withdraws due to troubled personal finances.
Tom Reilly: Appeals to centrist voters and blue-collar workers.
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Social Security
Alan Khazei: Individual retirement accounts ok; but not from Trust Fund.
Ayanna Pressley: Social Security is crucial and must not be cut.
Don Berwick: Oppose any efforts to privatize, including chained CPI.
Jack Robinson: No diversion of payroll tax to individual retirement account.
Joe L. Kennedy: Ready to cut Social Security & other entitlements.
Martha Coakley: Safety net of Social Security is more important than ever.
Michael Capuano: Resist any attempt to privatize Social Security.
Stephen Pagliuca: Never allow diverting into individual retirement accounts.
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Tax Reform
Alan Khazei: Supports a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge.
Ayanna Pressley: Our tax code should relieve the 99%.
Christy Mihos: Set aside 40% of state revenue for local aid.
Christy Mihos: Get money out of Beacon Hill and back to cities & towns.
Christy Mihos: Roll back taxes but restore local aid.
Deval Patrick: Restore local aid so towns can cut property taxes.
Deval Patrick: Supports local meals tax and local-option taxes.
Deval Patrick: Cut property tax; expand circuit breaker & senior exemption.
Deval Patrick: Tax rollback is shell game, shifting burden to property tax.
Don Berwick: Ask people with higher incomes to pay higher rates.
Ed Markey: Higher-income people should pay their fair share of taxes.
Grace Ross: We don't have enough income tax.
Grace Ross: Tax rollback kills cities via property tax increase of 35%.
Grace Ross: Tax rollback gives middle class $100s, but $100,000s to rich.
Jeff Beatty: Abolishing state income tax would act as economic stimulus.
John Kerry: Abolishing state income tax would be calamitous.
Kerry Healey: More local aid, to keep property taxes low.
Kerry Healey: Opposes local meals tax and local-option taxes.
Kerry Healey: Avoid property tax increases by reducing waste.
Kerry Healey: Failure to roll back taxes cost people $2 billion since 2000.
Martha Coakley: Consider a war tax to pay for Afghanistan surge.
Martha Coakley: Bush tax cuts favor wealthy Americans.
Martha Coakley: AdWatch: Get taxes up from more employment, not tax increase.
Martha Coakley: Extend Bush tax cuts for the lowest four tax brackets.
Martha Coakley: Some taxes are investments like for infrastructure & schools.
Scott Brown: Maintain Bush tax cuts after 2010.
Scott Brown: 15 percent across the board tax cut.
Scott Brown: Permanently eliminate the estate tax.
Stephen Pagliuca: Job Focused Tax Reform: incentives, training, & funding.
Steve Grossman: Supports income tax rollback.
Steve Grossman: Fund health care with greater cigarette tax.
Tom Reilly: Lift lottery fund cap to increase local aid.
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Technology
Alan Khazei: Focus on mobility as key determinants of senior wellness.
Ayanna Pressley: Spending on infrastructure will benefit Americans.
Bob Massie: Replace patchwork projects with world-class public transit.
Christy Mihos: Sell naming rights to Big Dig bridge.
Gabriel Gomez: Let the people decide if rail needed to Western Mass.
Jack Robinson: Supports Complete Streets policy for all ages & abilities.
Martha Coakley: Take into account drivers' abilities, from teens to seniors.
Martha Coakley: Make federal research-and-development tax credit permanent.
Michael Capuano: $6B to restore MA roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Stephen Pagliuca: Require federal fundees to adopt Complete Street principles.
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War & Peace
Brian Herr: Yield to President on war strategy, but questions timetable.
Gabriel Gomez: Align with right rebel group and impose no-fly zone in Syria.
Jeff Beatty: Iraq invasion was a mistake, but we can't leave now.
Jeff Beatty: Leave Iraq with success, by any path.
Jeff Beatty: Evidence for WMD in Iraq was not credible.
Jeff Beatty: Kerry failed to read vital intelligence reports pre-Iraq war.
John Kerry: Based vote for Iraq war on CIA's intelligence reports.
Martha Coakley: Bring troops home from Afghanistan.
Martha Coakley: Focus efforts where terrorists are, not Afghanistan.
Michael Capuano: No funding for Afghan surge; no funding for Iraq war.
Scott Brown: Finish the job in Afghanistan: keep Taliban and al-Qaeda out.
Scott Brown: Supports 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan.
Scott Brown: Terrorists are not gone from Afghanistan.
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Welfare & Poverty
Deval Patrick: Increase funding for employment and job training programs.
Kerry Healey: Faith-based organizations ok for providing social services.
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The above quotations are from Commonwealth of Massachusetts Politicians: Archives.
Debates and books for Massachusetts:
- 2022-11: 2022 MA Governor's race
- 2020-11: 2020 MA Senatorial race
- 2020-01: The Boston Globe
- 2019-12: The Boston Globe
- 2019-11: Past and present Governor candidates from Massachusetts
- 2018-11: MA Congressional representatives, past and present
- 2018-11: 2018 MA Senate race
- 2018-11: 2018 MA Governor's race
- 2017-12: ORMA questionnaire
- 2017-11: Past and present Senate candidates from Massachusetts
- 2016-12: Kennedy School of Government
- 2016-12: Christian Science Monitor
- 2016-12: State of Massachusetts secondary Archives
- 2016-08: Joint Libertarian interview with Johnson & Weld
- 2016-08: Joint Green Party interview with Stein and Baraka
- 2016-06: 2016 CNN Libertarian Town Hall
- 2016-04: The Two-Income Trap, by Elizabeth Warren
- 2015-03: A Life in Politics, by Barney Frank
- 2015-01: The Boston Globe
- 2014-11: The Quotable Elizabeth Warren
- 2014-11: 2014 MA Senate debate
- 2014-11: 2014 Massachusetts Governor's race
- 2014-04: A Fighting Chance, by Elizabeth Warren
- 2013-06: 2013 MA Senate Special Election Debates
- 2012-06: 2012 Mass. Senate Debate
- 2012-05: Occupied Media, by Noam Chomsky
- 2012-01: The Real Romney, by Kranish & Helman
- 2012-01: The Boston Herald
- 2011-12: 2011 OnTheIssues interview with Jill Stein
- 2011-11: Mitt Romney: An Inside Look, by R.B. Scott
- 2011-11: MA legislative records
- 2011-04: A Reason to Believe, by Gov. Deval Patrick
- 2011-04: Springfield Republican
- 2010-02: No Apology, by Gov. Mitt Romney (R, MA)
- 2010-01: State of Massachusetts Archives
- 2010-01: 2010 MA Senate Debate
- 2009-12: The Boston Globe
- 2009-11: 2009 AARP Voter Guide: Massachusetts Senate
- 2009-10: 2009 MA Senate Primary Debate
- 2009-09: True Compass, by the late Senator Ted Kennedy
- 2009-02: Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy
- 2009-01: Against All Odds, by Senator Scott Brown (R, MA)
- 2008-10: 2008 MA Senate Debate
- 2007-08: The Man, His Values and His Vision
- 2007-04: Failed States, by Noam Chomsky
- 2007-03: A Mormon in the White House, by Hugh Hewitt
- 2006-09: MA gubernatorial debate on CBS4 news
- 2006-09: MA gubernatorial debate on Fox News
- 2006-01: All Your Worth, by Elizabeth Warren
- 2005-12: MassScorecard.org Legislative scorecard
- 2005-09: Moving Massachusetts Forward
- 2004-04: Kerry: The Complete Biography By the Boston Globe
- 2003-10: A Call to Service
- 2003-02: Power and Terror, by Noam Chomsky
- 2002-12: The Common Good
- 2001-01: The Future of Success
- 2000-01: In Harm's Way, by Dr. Jill Stein
- 1997-12: A Question of Character, by Thomas Reeves
- 1996-10: Kerry-Weld debates of 1996
- 1965-01: 1000 Days, by Arthur Schlesinger
- 1964-01: A Nation of Immigrants, by Pres. John F. Kennedy
- 1964-01: The Burden and the Glory, by Allan Nevins
- 1963-01: Pres. Kennedy's of the Union speeches
- 1955-01: Profiles in Courage, by John F. Kennedy
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