Left In Lowell

I thought perhaps he would make the right choice and change his yes vote on the anti-gay-marriage constitutional amendment from last year into a no vote this year. I was wrong. I’m deeply, deeply disappointed in him and will not be able to support him for reelection. I will call him to express this, and if you feel strongly about this issue please enlighten Mr. Murphy of your own disappointment. His district office number is 978-459-6320, select option 12 if you don’t get a live person.

Thank goodness, the anti-gay amendment was defeated yesterday without his help. But he should feel that his vote is being watched by his constituents.

A complete list of the roll call on the vote is after the click, if you want to see how the whole Senate and House voted. (As an aside: Panagiotakos did exactly as we expected; voted yes again…what a putz.)

Last year’s vote is shown first, followed by Wednesday’s vote in the second column. A “Y'’ indicates support for the amendment. An “N'’ indicates opposition. An “X'’ indicates a lawmaker did not vote. Some lawmakers are newly elected and did not vote on the amendment last year, indicated as “n/a'’.
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SENATE:
Robert A. Antonioni, D-Leominster - N ; N
Edward M. Augustus Jr., D-Worcester - (n/a) ; N
Steven A. Baddour, D-Methuen - Y ; N
Jarrett T. Barrios, D-Cambridge - N ; N
Frederick E. Berry, D-Peabody - Y ; N
Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre - Y ; N
Scott P. Brown, R-Wrentham - Y ; N
Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield - Y ; N
Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N ; N
Robert S. Creedon Jr., D-Brockton - N ; N
Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N ; N
Susan C. Fargo, D-Lincoln - N ; N
John A. Hart Jr., D-Boston - Y ; N
Robert A. Havern, D-Arlington - N ; N
Robert L. Hedlund, R-Weymouth - Y ; N
Brian A. Joyce, D-Milton - N ; N
Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield - Y ; N
Brian P. Lees, R-East Longmeadow - Y ; N
Thomas M. McGee, D-Lynn - N ; N
Joan M. Menard, D-Somerset - Y ; N
Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N ;N
Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y ; N
Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - Y ; N
Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - Y ; N
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr., D-Pittsfield - N ; N
Robert O’Leary, D-Barnstable - N ; N
Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton - Y ; N
Steven C. Panagiotakos, D-Lowell - Y ; Y
Pamela P. Resor, D-Acton - N ; N
Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst - N ; N
Karen Spilka, D-Ashland - N ; N
Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester - Y ; N
James Timilty, D-Walpole - (n/a) ; N
Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield - N ; N
Steve A. Tolman, D-Boston - N ; N
Robert E. Travaglini, D-Boston - Y ; Y
Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N ; N
Marian Walsh, D-Boston - N ; N
Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N ; N
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HOUSE:
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N ; N
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - Y ; N
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y ; N
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N ; N
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y ; Y
Deborah D. Blumer, D-Framingham - N ; N
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - N ; N
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - Y ; N
Arthur J. Broadhurst, D-Methuen - Y ; N
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N ; N
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - Y ; N
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - Y ; Y
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - (n/a) ; N
Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - Y ; Y
Mark J. Carron, D-Southbridge - Y ; N
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y ; Y
Edward G. Connolly, D-Everett - Y ; Y
Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y ; N
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N ; N
Robert K. Coughlin, D-Dedham - Y ; N
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y ; N
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - (n/a) ; Y
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - Y ; Y
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - N ; N
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - Y ; Y
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N ; N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y ; N
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N ; N
Joseph R. Driscoll, D-Braintree - Y ; Y
James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - N ; N
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - Y ; Y
James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - Y ; Y
Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - N ; X
Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - N ; N
Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - Y ; N
Michael E. Festa, D-Melrose - N ; N
Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - N ; N
Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - (n/a) ; N
Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - (n/a) ; N
David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - Y ; N
Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - N ; N
John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - Y ; Y
Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - Y ; N
William C. Galvin, D-Canton - N ; N
Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - Y ; Y
Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - Y ; Y
Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - Y ; N
Emile J. Goguen, D-Fitchburg - Y ; N
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - Y ; N
Shirley Gomes, R-South Harwich - Y ; N
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N ; N
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y ; Y
Dennis Guyer, D-Dalton - (n/a) ; N
Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - N ; N
Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - Y ; Y
Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - Y ; Y
Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - N ; N
Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich - Y ; N
Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - N ; N
Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - Y ; Y
Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - Y ; N
Patricia D. Jehlen, D-Somerville - N ; N
Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading - N ; N
Louis L. Kafka, D-Sharon - N ; N
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y ; Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N ; N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N ; N
Daniel F. Keenan, D-Southwick - N ; N
John Keenan, D-Salem - (n/a) ; N
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - Y ; X
Kay Khan, D-Newton - N ; N
Brian Knuuttila, D-Gardner - Y ; Y
Peter V. Kocot, D-Florence - N ; N
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - Y ; Y
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N ; N
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - Y ; N
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N ; N
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y ; N
James Brendan Leary, D-Worcester - Y ; N
Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlboro - Y ; N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - N ; N
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N ; N
Barbara A. L’Italien, D-Andover - N ; N
Paul J. Loscocco, R-Holliston - N ; N
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N ; N
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N ; N
James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N ; N
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y ; N
Michael J. Moran, D-Boston - (n/a) ; N
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N ; N
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y ; Y
Kevin J. Murphy, D-Lowell - Y ; Y
Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - (n/a) ; N
David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y ; Y
Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - Y ; N
Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - Y ; N
Thomas J. O’Brien, D-Kingston - Y ; N
Eugene L. O’Flaherty, D-Chelsea - Y ; Y
Shirley Owens-Hicks, D-Boston - Y ; Y
Marie J. Parente, D-Milford - Y ; Y
Matthew Patrick, D-Falmouth - N ; N
Anne M. Paulsen, D-Belmont - N ; N
Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - Y ; N
Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - N ; N
Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - Y ; Y
Douglas W. Petersen, D-Marblehead - N ; N
George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - N ; N
Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - Y ; Y
Anthony Petruccelli, D-Boston - Y ; N
William “Smitty'’ Pignatelli, D-Lenox - N ; N
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - N ; N
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y ; Y
Susan W. Pope, R-Wayland - Y ; N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - Y ; Y
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N ; N
Cheryl A. Rivera, D-Springfield - N ; N
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - Y ; N
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y ; Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - Y ; Y
Richard Ross, R-Wrentham - (n/a) ; N
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y ; Y
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N ; N
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N ; N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - (n/a) ; N
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y ; Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N ; N
Carl Sciortino, D-Somerville - (n/a) ; N
Frank Israel Smizik, D-Brookline - N ; N
Todd Smola, R-Palmer - (n/a) ; N
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N ; N
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N ; N
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Springfield - (n/a) ; N
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y ; N
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N ; N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N ; N
Marie P. St.Fleur, D-Boston - N ; N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N ; N
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - Y ; N
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N ; N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - N ; N
Kathleen M. Teahan, D-Whitman - N ; N
Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - Y ; Y
A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - Y ; Y
Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - N ; N
David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - N ; N
Philip Travis, D-Rehoboth - Y ; N
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - Y ; N
Cleon Turner, D-Dennis - (n/a) ; N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - Y ; N
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - Y ; N
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - Y ; N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - Y ; N
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - Y ; N
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N ; N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N ; N
Marty Walz, D-Boston - (n/a) ; N
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - N ; N
James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - (n/a) / N
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - N ; N
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N no
Y yes
X not voting
(n/a) did not vote because not in office