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Those who have known Romney for decades say they saw unmistakable echoes of his time as governor of Massachusetts in his pragmatic streak in the hyper-partisan US Capitol.
BOSTON (AP) Former Massachusetts Senate President Thomas Birmingham, who helped ensure passage of the the state's landmark 1993 education law, has died. He was 73. Birmingham grew up in the working class city of Chelsea and went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
A Chelsea Democrat, and union lawyer, Birmingham, ascended to the Senate presidency after helping to write the state's landmark 1993 education reform law. He worked with the Pioneer Institute in recent years. He died on Friday.