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	<title>WillBrownsberger.com</title>
	
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		<title>Senate Passes Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10742</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate passed its health care cost control bill tonight and I was pleased to support it.]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens United Continued</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10724</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10724#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conversation about Citizens United continues.]]></description>
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		<title>Long Term Fiscal Policy Framework</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10720</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10720#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pensions & benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long-term Financial Obligations and Outlook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Patrick administration, in collaboration with the legislature, has been doing a good job focusing on long-term financial issues. Click here for the state&#8217;s long-term financial model. In a nutshell, the model says that if we can get health costs under control and the economy continues to recover, we will be able to sustain our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Aid Numbers in Senate Ways and Means FY13 Budget</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10710</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10710#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnneJohnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below, please find the local aid numbers released in today&#8217;s Senate Ways and Means FY13 budget proposal.  The Senate will debate the budget next week. For more background on local aid issues, please follow this link. Anne Johnson, Committee Counsel and Policy Advisor Office of State Senator William N. Brownsberger]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Ways and Means Releases Budget</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10707</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10707#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Ways and Means budget is out.  Get the SWM press release and links to budget details here.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Single Payer Issue</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10698</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10698#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["single payer" health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The single payer amendment came to a vote this afternoon during the first day of debate on the Senate health care bill. After a vigorous debate, the Senate voted it down in a roll call with 15 voting yes (including me) and 22 voting no. This was a much stronger showing than had previously been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prevention Conversation</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10670</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10670#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wellness and prevention in health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A very positive element in the Senate health care cost control legislation is the creation of a Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund.  I strongly support the creation of this fund because it will support cost-effective community-based prevention. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Single Payer Conversation</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10642</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10642#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the health care debate, there will be an important conversation on Single Payer health care reform. I do broadly support Single Payer health care and I am cautiously optimistic that the legislation before the Senate will move us in the right direction.
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		<title>High Level Conflict about Health Care Costs</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10633</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10633#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After over a year of hearings and discussions, the House and Senate have both released global health care cost control bills.   The highest level institutions in Boston – government, business, major hospitals and insurers – are all deeply engaged in the conversation about the options. ]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Health Care Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10620</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10620#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate President’s Office released S. 2660, the Health Care Reform Bill.]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Outlook for FY13 and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10526</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10526#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnneJohnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the House passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The Senate will deliberate the budget in the last full week of May. The House based its predicted revenue numbers on one-time budget fixes in the amount of $140 million, rather than the Governor&#8217;s proposed long-term revenue increases through new taxes.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Status, Resources and Events on Campaign Spending Issues</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10564</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10564#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Citizens United"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The conversation about Citizens United continues.  ]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate Approves “The Valor Act”</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10534</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10534#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanneMooney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veterans & military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Valor Act"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Brownsberger is pleased to announce that Bill S.2241, An Act relative to veterans&#8217; access, livelihood, opportunity, and resources &#8211; referred to as The Valor Act, was passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday, May 3. The Senate’s official press release appears below. State Senate Approves “The Valor Act”  Improving Benefits and Services for Veterans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Event- The Courts, the Congress, and the Future of Marriage Equality</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10515</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10515#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnneJohnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[social issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GBLT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage equality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 3, at 4 pm, Congressman Barney Frank, Mary L. Bonauto, Director of the Civil Rights Project at GLAD (Gay &#38; Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), and Maura Healey, Chief  of the Public Protection &#38; Advocacy Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General&#8217;s Office, will speak at the Boston Bar Association on the topic of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver’s License Renewal Notice</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10502</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10502#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drivers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Follow the link here to sign up for electronic notification of license renewals from the Registry of Motor Vehicles.  They no longer send hard copies.]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health services losing ground?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10499</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pandrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did your office find whether the Kaiser Foundation report on Massachusetts funding of Mental Health was accurate?  In that report, Massachusetts was reported as paying significantly less per capita than any New England state, save Rhode Island, for Mental Health Services. The difference was startling. http://statehealthfacts.org/ A recent SAMSHA report stated that 1 in 5  (19.9%) of American adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>local aid in House FY2013 budget</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10473</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10473#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naomi Dworkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad the local aid is being increased, but I&#8217;m very concerned about the cuts being made to other services that need to be funded at a state level, like gang violence prevention.  Mental health, the area in which I work, is still being badly hurt by previous cuts which have not yet been restored, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation Bond Bill Passes Senate with Funding for Localities</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10462</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10462#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnneJohnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Senate passed legislation to provide funding to continue current transportation-related projects through Fiscal Year 2013. The Chapter 90 funds appropriated by this bill for local projects, including roadway and bridge  repairs, will support the infrastructure of the Commonwealth&#8217;s cities and towns.  This appropriation of $200 million (equivalent to last year&#8217;s appropriation) represents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation Needs Survey</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10449</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10449#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MassDOT is looking for input on transportation investment priorities.]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Assumptions in the FY13 Budget</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10435</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/10435#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consensus revenue estimate underlying the budget appears slightly optimistic and is more uncertain than in some years.]]></description>
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