The 181st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the
Massachusetts Senate
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and the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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, met in 1999 and 2000 during the
governorship
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of
Paul Cellucci
Argeo Paul Cellucci (; April 24, 1948 – June 8, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1997 to 2001 and as the United States Ambassador to ...
.
Tom Birmingham
Thomas Francis Birmingham (August 4, 1949 – January 20, 2023) was an American politician who served as the President of the Massachusetts Senate. He is widely credited, along with Mark Roosevelt, with passage of a sweeping education bill, thEd ...
served as
president
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of the Senate and
Thomas Finneran
Thomas Michael "Tom" Finneran (born January 27, 1950), is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the ...
served as
speaker
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of the House.
Notable legislation included the Community Preservation Act.
Senators
Representatives
See also
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106th United States Congress
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*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
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massachusetts
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1999 in Massachusetts
massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
2000 in Massachusetts