Frankly, I'm tired of 'em.
"Order to close office strands constituents" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | September 3, 2009
The secretary of the US Senate yesterday officially instructed aides to Edward M. Kennedy that they had to halt work on hundreds of requests from Massachusetts constituents and instead focus on shutting down the Senate office.
The order, which is mandated by law and was anticipated by Kennedy’s Senate aides, not only leaves state residents in the lurch when they are seeking help, but it adds a potential wrinkle to the push on Beacon Hill for an interim senator to sit until January, when a special election is scheduled to be held....
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The move is tough to swallow for Kennedy’s staff, which is legendary for helping people cut through red tape to get recognition and various benefits from the famously thick bureaucracy of the federal government....
Constituent services can range from matters as routine as requesting an American flag or a tour of the US Capitol to those as weighty as help gaining citizenship for an immigrant or medical benefits for a veteran.
In one case, for example, a Salvadoran mother of a child being treated at Children’s Hospital in Boston is seeking help with a special immigration status so she can get a job to defray some of the medical costs. One of the child’s legs has been amputated. Kennedy’s staff is now unable to work on the case....
Kennedy aides were preparing yesterday to begin notifying constituents. In some instances, the staff had been working for years on an issue, awaiting response from one federal agency or another, and now must get the constituent’s permission to forward the files to another congressional office, where a staff member unfamiliar with the case will try to resume the work.
The cases would probably be sent to either Senator John F. Kerry’s office or the offices of House members from the Bay State.... Kerry himself said that maintaining constituent services is one of the reasons an interim senator should be appointed.
“If we have a temporary appointment, then his staff can remain for the full five months, and that helps us in Massachusetts,’’ Kerry said in an interview, adding that he plans to testify next week before a hearing at the State House on the issue. “It helps citizens who need things done, it helps us to be able to respond to people....’’
Well, YOU, the DEMS, and TEDDY should NOT HAVE CHANGED the LAW when ROMNEY was governor!
See: Filling Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat
After 200 YEARS, the DEMOCRATS made a POLITICAL CALCULATION and it BACKFIRED!!! Now they want to CHANGE BACK and make it seem like THOSE WHO STAND against HYPOCRISY and LIES are the UNREASONABLE ONES!!!
Now you understand why I feel the way I do, world!!!
Massachusetts is one of the few states that have a special election for a US Senate vacancy, so the problem of not having representation for several months is rare. Most other states have laws that give the governor the power to appoint a replacement....
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Yeah, NOTHING about the POLITICS behind it -- but then again, I expect nothing more from the Glob these days. It truly is one of the worst papers ever, and it is getting worse. Hard to imagine, but it is.
Exhibit A:
"Post-Kennedy, Bay State still wields clout; Delegation controls key posts in Congress" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | September 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - .... But Massachusetts still has unusual clout for its relatively small, all-Democratic delegation, who are major players on crucial issues such as health care, global warming, and financial regulation.....
So WHICH IS IT, even though we are LOSING a SEAT!?
See why I GET TIRED of the CONTRADICTORY CRAP that comes my way via the Boston Glob?
THEY ACT as if YOU ARE READING for the FIRST TIME and KNOW NOTHING! Of course, that is why they are collapsing -- that and the unmistakable jooish supremacism and bias.
Of course, that is all predicated on DEMOCRAPIC CONTROL of Congress as the independents bail on 'em. Reminds me of what happened to Bill Clinton. Obama's polls are falling faster!
Massachusetts has long boasted powerful names in Congress....
Even with its deep congressional bench, Massachusetts will not have the same authority in Washington it had with Kennedy on the team, members of the delegation said....
The huge void left by Kennedy’s absence is another reason, Bill Delahunt of Quincy said, to change Massachusetts law to allow for a temporary appointment to the seat....
Then YOU GUYS should NOT HAVE CHANGED IT in the FIRST PLACE!
You made the bed, now lie in it!
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