BOSTON — In the end, Senate Republicans appeared powerless when it came to halting the legislative money train that rocketed through both chambers on Beacon Hill this week.
"We in the minority appreciate the work that has been done," state Senator Bruce Tarr, the GOP minority leader from Gloucester, told Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) moments before the vote. "However, given the economic circumstances we have faced and we will continue to face, those of us in the minority cannot support the legislation at this time and we feel it is inappropriate."
