The Boston City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass a resolution âurging action in the Massachusetts Legislature to uphold the values of transparency and accessibility to the peopleâs business.â
The government works for the peopleânot the other way around. I fully support the effort to increase transparency in the statehouse and commend those who voted for it. @act on masshttps://t.co/qrv17PIvJUâ Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) July 14, 2021
Moulton, a Salem resident who represents the 6th Congressional District, wrote in a July 14 tweet that âgovernment works for the peopleâ as he shared a Boston Globe editorial condemning the House for rejecting the changes.
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Despite a push from government transparency advocates, the Massachusetts House of Representatives appears unshakably intent on shrouding votersâ view of The Peopleâs business.
A proposed package of rules changes would have brought some much-needed openness and accountability: requiring House bills to be released at least 48 hours prior to a vote, full public disclosure of committee votes and reinstated term limits for House speaker. Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, lawmakers were not eager to shed more sunlight on their job performance as representatives of their constituents. The House voted against adopting these new rules, with all four members of the Berkshire delegation joining the opposition to a more transparent legislative process.