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Bulger is a consummate South Boston Irish American and a "triple eagle", graduating from Boston College high school, then Boston College as an undergraduate, then Boston College law school. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1960 from South Boston, then to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1970.

His brother, Whitey Bulger, is the notorious leader of the 'Winter Hill gang', a Boston crime organization. For many years, Whitey Bulger was an FBI informant, while officially "on the lam" (i.e. officially he was on the run, aiming to evade capture). When the extent of the FBI's collaboration with Whitey became publicly known, this set off a large political scandal, and questions of Billy's possible secret knowledge of his brother's whereabouts have hounded him politically. He has been called to testify before the United States House of Representatives before a committee investigating the FBI's behavior in his brother's case.

In the year 2002, Republican Mitt RomneyWillard Mitt Romney (b. March 12, 1947) is an American Republican politician from Massachusetts, who has served as Governor of Massachusetts since 2003. Biography The son of Michigan Governor George Romney, Mitt Romney received his B. from Brigham Young U was elected governor of Massachusetts on an anti-corruption platform, and he immediately set out on a campaign to eliminate Bulger's position as President of the UMass system. Romney was later joined in this campaign by many Democrats, although this was a very divisive issue in Massachusetts politics. On August 6August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. Events 1806 Francis I, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru., 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, Bulger announced that he would resign as President of the system.