10/03/2017 06:52 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) and Rebecca Morin (rmorin@politico.com; @RebeccaMorin_)
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Sunny with a high of 67 in Boston.
MOULTON'S PROTEST POLITICS - Rep. Seth Moulton, fresh off his trip to Iowa last weekend for the Polk County Steak Fry, addressed a group of millennials assembled at the Forbes Under 30 summit in Boston on Monday.
But Moulton made more waves before the Faneuil Hall event actually started, recording a video on Facebook and sending tweets pledging to boycott any congressional moment of silence to mark the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Moulton's pledge to boycott re-ups a commitment he made on Twitter in June 2016, after the Pulse Night Club shooting (at the time the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history).
Back then, some Democrats, including Moulton, boycotted a moment of silence being held in the House of Representatives after the Republican-led chamber refused to consider legislation that would tighten gun regulations. After the protest on the House floor, Moulton tweeted that "the tradition is to send 'thoughts and prayers' first, then perhaps demand policy change later. I'm done with that."
Moulton told me yesterday that he thinks there will be new Republican interest in gun control legislation post-Las Vegas, "But I'm not sure it will be enough."
This is why "I'm trying to get more Democrats elected to Congress," he said. "So that we can have Democrats with courage to bring up this debate."
Meanwhile, at the State House, Speaker Robert DeLeo pledged to review the state's gun law, enacted in 2014, in a Thursday meeting with Northeastern University criminologist Jack McDevitt. They'll assess the law's effectiveness.
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TODAY - Gov. Charlie Baker participates in a Harvard Medical School forum on the opioid epidemic and ways to curb it - A bevy of hearings take place on Beacon Hill, including a Joint Committee on Telecom, Energy, and Utilities session on solar energy bills - Democratic gubernatorial contenders Jay Gonzalez and Setti Warren face off in a forum at Dighton Middle School tonight. State Rep. Pat Haddad and state Sen. Marc Pacheco will also make introductory remarks.
DATELINE BEACON HILL -
- "Bay State leaders react with outrage, sadness to Las Vegas shooting," by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune: "Gov. Charlie Baker said he was "horrified" by Sunday night's shooting in Las Vegas and offered condolences to families of the dead and injured. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she was "heartsick" and called for action to stop gun violence. Rep. Seth Moulton said he would decline to observe a moment of silence on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in protest of inaction on gun control."
- "Mass. insurers back bill calling for free birth control," by Stephanie Ebbert, Boston Globe: "The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, a coalition of 17 insurance providers, previously opposed the measure, saying it was broader - and more expensive - than necessary to ensure contraceptive access. But the organization has now signed on to compromise language, and officials intend to testify in favor of the bill at a legislative hearing Tuesday."
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TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- CAMBRIDGE DACA PLAN PASSES UNOPPOSED - The order to create a fund that would reimburse DACA application costs for Cambridge residents passed the Cambridge City Council 8-0, with one city councilor absent. The proposal's author Manny Lusardi tells me: "Next step, the city manager's office decides if we can or cannot facilitate legally or any other reason they cannot. Or, they approve the idea. I don't expect an answer before Election Day 11/7. I will begin exerting pressure soon after for a response."
- "Baker Warns Beacon Hill Of Peril If Washington Republicans Don't Act Responsibly On Health Care," by Mike Deehan, WGBH: "Baker told members of the state's Health Policy commission that there's good news and bad news when it comes to Congress's failure to move health care legislation. Baker's own analysts determined this year that repeal of the Affordable Care Act and replacement with a block grant system for MediCaid would have greatly reduced funding to Massachusetts."
- "Industry still on guard over GOP tax plan," by Hazel Bradford, Pensions and Investments: "Mr. Neal dismissed projections that the tax cuts would pay for themselves through economic growth, and holds out little hope for the bipartisan support in Congress that was essential for the last major tax system overhaul in 1986 to succeed. So far, he said, 'this has been a partisan process from the start with virtually no Democratic input.'"
THE WARREN REPORT -
- INBOX: "Senator Warren, Colleagues Call on President Trump to Prioritize Disaster Relief Efforts for Puerto Rican Islands of Vieques and Culebra," from Warren's press office: "Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) also joined the letter to President Trump. ... Citing in their letter the remoteness of the islands and reports that residents have been 'without running water, power, gasoline or communications for more than a week,' the senators wrote to President Trump to request that sufficient aid and relief personnel be sent to the islands as soon as possible. " Read it here.
ON THE STUMP -
- "Gonzalez snags nod from former Patrick ally," by Jim O'Sullivan, Boston Globe: "Kate Donaghue, a state committee member from Westborough who was a key volunteer for Gonzalez's old boss, former governor Deval Patrick, called Gonzalez 'exactly the right candidate we need to take on' Governor Charlie Baker next year."
- "Mazen holds campaign kickoff for 3rd Congressional District seat," by Amy Saltzman, Cambridge Chronicle: "'The fact that this seat came up in Andover was a surprise to me, but goes well with the community work I'm doing,' Mazen told the Chronicle. 'I grew up in this district, which has huge potential for engagement and economic mobility for working and working-class families.'"
WOOD WAR - Herald: "LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS" - Globe: "AN UNSPEAKABLE CARNAGE," "Torrent of bullets kills 59 at Las Vegas concert," "Resignation smothers resolve on Capitol Hill," "Gunman was gambler who kept to himself," "Nobel prize honors scientists' work on sleep," "Mass. insurers to support free birth control bill."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "Tewksbury woman among 60 killed by Las Vegas shooter," by Aaron Curtis, Lowell Sun: "A 42-year-old Tewksbury woman was one of the 60 people killed when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday. Rhonda LeRocque, a married mother of a 6-year-old girl, was one of those killed, according to her aunt Nancy Goudreau."
- "Boston plots aid for Puerto Rico," by Marie Szaniszlo, Boston Herald: "Mayor Martin J. Walsh said officials hope to have a few locations in the coming days in Boston and across Massachusetts - home to the nation's fifth-largest Puerto Rican population - where people can bring all of the items that have been donated. State Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez (D-Boston) is working to see how to get those supplies from the airport to cities and rural towns on the island, the mayor said."
- "State's only Confederate memorial will be removed," by Cristela Guerra, Boston Globe: "The state's only Confederate memorial will be removed from Georges Island after Columbus Day weekend and temporarily put into storage at the Massachusetts Archives, according to the secretary of the Commonwealth's office."
- "Fare verification spurs electronic ticket sales," by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Magazine: "Keolis Commuter Services said on Monday that its emerging fare verification initiative is spurring the sale of an average of 1,500 to 2,000 more electronic tickets a day for commuter rail trips."
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY - to Springfield Republican political reporter Shannon Young, who celebrated yesterday and Jeremy Solomon, associate vice president for Communications and Public Affairs at Simmons College, who celebrated on Sept. 25.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Leominster state Rep. Dennis Rosa.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes! - The Celtics beat the Hornets 94-82.
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