‘Vote no, take the dough’: Lawmakers opposed raise, but now accept it
At the State House, they call it the “vote no, take the dough” caucus.
The members are 12 of the 13 House Republican leaders who are taking the huge salary increases that they voted against — three times.
That happened last month when House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg rammed through an $18 million legislative pay raise bill that also included big raises for judges, the governor, other constitutional officers, and various court officers across the state.
When Republican Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the measure, lawmakers quickly overrode him.
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