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Michelle Wu: “Our home rule petition that has been up there for two years…”

Featuring: Michelle Wu, Democrat | Mayor of Boston | Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 25:18

But unlike 20 years ago, our current state Senate leadership has a very different relationship with corporate interests and the real estate sector. We saw a vote go down that was, I think, 33 to 5 on Our home rule petition that has been up there for two years now. I am glad we got a vote finally, after two years. That is how our democracy should work. And I'm glad that we now were able to see where everyone stood on the record. (25:18–25:24)

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