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Boehner turns down invitation to join Biden delegation to papal installation
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) declined an invitation by the White House to join a delegation lead by Vice President Biden that will attend the installation of Pope Francis.
“I am grateful for the invitation to attend the papal investiture in Rome with Vice President Biden, and would like to be able to join the trip,” Boehner said in a statement on Thursday.
The White House announced the delegation on Wednesday, shortly after the Vatican named Francis the new pope, succeeding Pope Benedict XVI.
Boehner cited debating the federal budget and a visit by the prime minister of Ireland as reasons he would have to stay in the United States.
Source: The Hill
Massachusetts SEIU endorses Ed Markey in special Senate election
Massachusetts SEIU endorses Ed Markey in special Senate election
Following a political forum with questions ranging from immigration reform to health care, the Massachusetts Service Employees International Union voted to endorse Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey in the special Senate election.
According to Cliff Cohn, chair of the SEIU’s state council and moderator of the forum between Markey and Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, Markey’s answers most closely aligned with the members’ collective views.
“Ed Markey will be a strong advocate for working families in Massachusetts,” Cohn said in a statement. “On immigration reform, health care, the federal budget and other issues important to the 85,000 SEIU members statewide, Ed Markey will stand up for the people of Massachusetts in the Senate.”
While Markey and Lynch answered questions from SEIU members at their union hall in Dorchester last Saturday, their responses were being rated on scorecards by members. Those rankings were the primary factor in determining who got the endorsement, although the SEIU reports that the state council also took into account questionnaires completed by the candidates.
Source: MassLive
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