STATE HOUSE — Months after being left frustrated by the Baker administration's performance before his committee, a key House Democrat on Thursday resumed his questioning over the governor's decision to limit capital spending – this time with a Treasury official.
Rep. Antonio Cabral, a New Bedford Democrat and chair of the House Bonding Committee, queried Assistant Treasurer for Debt Management Sue Perez on whether the Baker administration's decision to freeze general borrowing in fiscal 2016 at $2.125 billion had any impact on the bond rating agency views of Massachusetts.
BOULDER, Colo. – A Republican presidential debate billed by host network CNBC as a 10-candidate showdown over economic issues will instead be remembered as a night in which GOP candidates of every stripe took potshots at the media and put the moderators on stage in their crosshairs.
"The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media,"a riled-up Ted Cruz scolded moderators John Harwood, Carl Quintanilla and Becky Quick. His critique followed a query from Quintanilla, who asked the senator from Texas if his opposition to a higher national debt limit showed that "you're not the kind of problem-solver American voters want."
