Robert DeLeo

Last Monday, leaders from Partners HealthCare System Inc. gathered in the dark-paneled office of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo to lay out their objections to his expansive 278-page plan to tame health care costs. Read More

I find it rather refreshing to read the Massachusetts House passing legislation to strengthen our economy and create what Americans need most — jobs ("DeLeo to outline jobs bill details," May 14). Read More

The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Robert DeLeo, is getting local media attention by imploring CEO Mark Zuckerberg to move Facebook's headquarters back to Massachusetts. Read More

P ositioning job creation at the top of his "to-do-list" with just over two months remaining on the legislative calendar, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and top House Democrats outlined a bill Monday afternoon that DeLeo said would allow the state to "directly compete with and outshine many of our closest rivals."Read More

W ith 11 weeks remaining for formal legislating this year, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Monday afternoon plans to outline a legislative proposal addressing one of the biggest issues heading into the 2011-2012 session: job creation. Read More

M assachusetts House leaders unveiled a health care payment bill Friday that they say will lower family premiums by nearly $2,000 annually over the next five years in part by cutting waste and inefficiency out of the existing health care system. Read More

A tough-talking House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo put welfare cheats on notice last night, vowing to crack down on fraud, as the House approved strict tightening of the abused EBT card system and set up a potential showdown with Gov. Deval Patrick , a fierce defender of the program. Read More

D espite initial indications that the Senate might tackle a major health care system overhaul while the House worked on its annual budget next week, Senate aides now say the bill is unlikely to surface until at least May. The bill's lengthy development means lawmakers will likely be left with fewer than three months to craft, amend and come to consensus on what could be the most far-reaching policy initiative of the two-year legislative session, one with multi-billion dollar implications and an uncertain impact on the state's largest employment sector: the health industry. Read More

H ouse Speaker Robert DeLeo expects to butt heads with Gov. Deval Patrick on taxes, spending and prisons in the $32.3 billion House budget he announced yesterday, pointing out that his plan is $14 million less than Patrick's. Read More

A fed-up House Speaker Robert DeLeo told the Herald he is fast-tracking EBT card reforms and has proposed tougher crackdowns — including a ban on using the cards for bail money — as a major part of the House budget unveiled today at the State House. Read More