Article: Beacon Hill Roll Call.

Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, reports local senators' roll call attendance records for the 2008 session through Aug. 29.

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week.

The Senate held 286 roll call votes. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the number of roll calls on which each senator was present and voting and then calculates that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held. That percentage is the number commonly referred to as the roll call attendance record.

Only nine of the Senate's 40 members have 100 percent roll call attendance records. The worst roll call attendance record belongs to Sen. James ...

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