Statement on House Advancing Controversial Spending Bill with Quorum Present

GOP Caucus Successful in Advocating for the Taxpayers and Transparency in the State House – Leadership Held Accountable

BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to the House advancing the controversial $3 billion-dollar supplemental spending bill which includes $250 million in funding for the state’s emergency shelter system, recently overwhelmed with an influx of migrants. The spending bill does not include Republican amendment efforts to add a residency requirement for the “Right to Shelter” law benefits but it does include a Democratic amendment that will change policy to allow SNAP benefits for migrants. According to State House News Service, in Massachusetts, the maximum SNAP welfare payment for one person is $291 per month, $535 for two people, and $766 for a family of three.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance and Jessica Vaughan, the Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, made the following statement today in response to the Biden-Harris and Healey-Driscoll administrations announcement of new clinics to help illegal migrants obtain work permits. 

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued the following statement following news the state shelter system is reaching Governor Healey’s self-imposed “cap” of 7,500.