Byron Rushing
Byron Rushing serves the Ninth Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives [1] . A Democrat[1], first elected in 1982 [2], Representative Rushing, serves as the Second Assistant Majority Leader.[3] A graduate of Harvard College and MIT[1], Representative Rushing's priorities are human and civil rights and liberties; local human, economic and housing development; environmental justice and health care.[2]
Representative Rushing was an original sponsor of the gay rights bill and the chief sponsor of the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public schools.[2] He is a spokesman against the restoration of the death penalty in Massachusetts and for a moratorium on executions in the nation.[2] He leads the effort for size acceptance and anti-discrimination on the basis of height and weight[2]. He led the Commonwealth's anti-apartheid efforts[2] and was the co-author, with Simon Billenness[citation needed], and chief sponsor of the Massachusetts Burma law[4] that was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000.[5] He was the chief sponsor of the health reform law ending pre-existing condition refusals by insurance companies.[2] He is a chief sponsor of legislation for needle exchange programs and over-the-counter sale of sterile needles.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "REPRESENTATIVE BYRON RUSHING". Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "About Rep. Byron Rushing". Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ "Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives Leadership". Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ "The Burma Project". Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ "Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument". Retrieved 2010-05-30.