Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Lora Sabin; 4 Children
Birth date:
Birthplace: Cambridge, MA
Home City: Belmont MA
Religion:

Profession

Co-Founder/Deputy Director, China Law Center at Yale Law School, 1999-2006 Research Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program, 1994-1998 Program Officer for Human Rights and Governance, Ford Foundation Beijing Office, 1990-1994

Education

JD, Harvard Law School MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University AB, History, Stanford University

Committees

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Elder Affairs
Post Audit and Oversight

H Amdt 804.1 Electronic Benefit Cards
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3711 Authorizes Gambling Casinos
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amdt 749.1 Collective Bargaining Restrictions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

S 9 Establishing a Redistricting Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5000 Gambling Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

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H Amdt 804.1 Electronic Benefit Cards
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H 3711 Authorizes Gambling Casinos
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amdt 749.1 Collective Bargaining Restrictions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

S 9 Establishing a Redistricting Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 5000 Gambling Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

H 4156 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4156 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 4703 Sentencing Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

Sánchez Amdt Sending Public Benefits Amendment to Study
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4591 Gaming Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 4466 Expanding Driving Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 4441 School Nutrition Standards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2247 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 2028 Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 4246 Authorizing Governor to Appoint Interim U.S. Senator
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2087 Massachusetts Transportation Agency Consolidation
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amendment 2 Eliminate Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H 4101 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sciortino Amdt Sales Tax Increase
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

S 2024 Massachusetts Transportation Agency Consolidation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

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