JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESSSpeaker DiMasi with Governor Patrick hailed action July 31 allowing out-of-state gay couples to marry in Massachusetts.
(JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
How leaders warmed a State House chill
Apologies served Patrick, DiMasi
JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESSSpeaker DiMasi with Governor Patrick hailed action July 31 allowing out-of-state gay couples to marry in Massachusetts.
(JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
For months, the powerful leaders had been at daggers' points, barely speaking while exchanging accusations and recriminations in the press. But in May, Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi sat down for a private dinner in the North End that has proved crucial to salvaging the first half of Patrick's term. (Full article: 1147 words)
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