By CBS 3 Springfield News The states largest university served as the forum on Sunday night, five out of the six candidates to fill the late senate seat left by the late Senator Ted Kennedy. The Bowker Auditorium on the umass campus was the site as the …
Read Original Story: Senate Debate in Amherst – WSHM-TV
It’s not surprising that the health care legislation, which the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy spent years fighting for, has become a large issue in the campaign for his Senate seat. The unexpected part is that two candidates are …
Read Original Story: Senate Candidates Clash on Health Care in Massachusetts – New York Times
Democrat Alan Khazei, second from right, speaks during a forum for US Senatecandidates at the University of Massachusetts, Sunday. Others, from left, Republicans Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson, and Democrats Michael Capuano and …
Read Original Story: Senate hopefuls stake out positions at UMass – GazetteNET
SPRINGFIELD – Martha M. Coakley, the front-runner and the only woman in the contest to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is facing criticism from US Rep. Michael E. Capuano and others in the primary for saying she would vote in …
Read Original Story: Coakley criticized on health care – MassLive.com
MARTHACOAKLEY should indeed be angry over the provision in the House-approved health-reform bill that denies abortion coverage to the 36 million people who would receive subsidized insurance. But her position that she would have voted against the bill …
Read Original Story: On abortion, Coakley's stance is principled but self-defeating – Boston Globe
Democrats in the US Senate race came out swinging Tuesday in what may be the biggest controversy in the race to date: abortion. NewsCenter 5’s Janet Wu reported that MarthaCoakley accused her opponents of compromising their principles, …
Read Original Story: Senate Candidates Sound Off On Abortion Clause – Boston Channel.com
BOSTON (Legal Newsline)-US Senate hopeful MarthaCoakley said Monday that she would have voted against landmark health care legislation pushed by fellow Democrats and approved by the House this weekend. The nearly $1 trillion plan, …
Read Original Story: Coakley opposes House health care plan – Legal News Line
By State House News Service U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, looking to pressure Attorney General MarthaCoakley over her declaration that she would have voted against the House health care bill because it prohibits federal funds from paying for abortions, …
Read Original Story: Capuano presses Coakley for health care debate – Boston Herald
BOSTON — US Senate candidate Rep. Michael Capuano now says he would vote no on a healthcare overhaul in the Senate, if it still contains restrictions on abortion. On Saturday, Capuano voted against the Stupak-Pitts …
Read Original Story: Payne: Capuano Has To Explain His Health Care, Abortion Position – WBUR
By AP BOSTON — Democrats Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca say they would be willing to foot the bill for two statewide televised debates between the candidates angling to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The two complained in a letter on Monday …
Read Original Story: Senate candidates Khazei, Pagliuca offer to pay for debates – Boston Herald
