Senate prez expects lawmakers to override pay raise veto this week
MA Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg said today he expects a vote to override Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a polarizing pay-raise package for public officials will happen this week and said it will likely pass both houses in the legislature.
“Both houses had sufficient votes on the main question, so assuming that holds, the answer would be ‘yes,’” Rosenberg told Herald Radio when asked whether the governor’s veto will be shot down.
Rosenberg and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo are in line for a substantial increase of nearly 50 percent to $142,500 and other legislative leaders, executive branch members, and judges will also see a pay bump.
The house is set to vote on the veto override first, before the Senate takes up the issue, Rosenberg said. If the veto is overridden, the Amherst Democrat noted the increases will go into effect immediately because the assignments for the committee leaders who would see a change in pay will be handed out in the coming weeks.
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