The Obama administration has delayed the Affordable Care Act penalty for individuals who fail to purchase insurance by six weeks, but said the massive problems besieging the federal website , HealthCare.gov, is not the reason for the delay.
Ana Radelat
Ana has written about politics and policy in Washington, D.C.. for Gannett, Thompson Reuters and UPI. She was a special correspondent for the Miami Herald, and a regular contributor to The New York TImes, Advertising Age and several other publications. She has also worked in broadcast journalism, for CNN and several local NPR stations. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Journalism.
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Pratt & Whitney wins new $508 million contract
Pratt & Whitney says it has received a $508 million to build 38 new engines for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. That brings the value Pratt’s contracts from the Pentagon for the planes to $1.1 billion. The F-35 program has been plagued by massive cost overruns and other problems. But the Pentagon, which once had […]
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Connecticut bell factory at center of hot U.S. Senate campaign
Washington – What does a bell factory in East Hampton that was struck by lightning last year have to do with a hot Senate race in Kentucky or the federal government shutdown? Plenty it seems. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is facing one of the toughest challenges in his long political career from a tea […]
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CT lawmakers vote for Army Corps bill — to environmentalists’ dismay
Washington — There are few things that gain near unanimous support in the hyper-partisan U.S. House of Representatives, but a bill to reauthorize Army Corps of Engineer projects is one of them. Although the Water Resources Reform and Development Act is criticized by fiscal conservative groups and environmentalists who say some Army Corps of Engineer […]
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Obamacare woes put pressure on requirement to buy insurance
Washington — President Obama may have to do what congressional Republicans who hate the Affordable Care Act were unable to accomplish during the bitter fight that led to a government shutdown: postpone the law’s provision that nearly every American have health insurance next year.
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Connecticut lawmakers help pass deal on shutdown, debt limit
Washington – With the help of votes from Connecticut’s lawmakers, Congress approved an 11th hour deal that raised the debt limit and reopened the federal government. The agreement was approved by the Senate on a 81-18 vote Wednesday evening and by the House, 285-144. President Obama said he would sign it immediately, and the government […]
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(Updated) House stumbles on shutdown, debt limit deal
Washington — After a day of waiting for the House of Representative to act on a bill that would have reopened the federal government and avoid a default on the government’s debt — the House did nothing. The House’s failure makes a path toward finding a solution to the 15-day government shutdown and the looming […]
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Connecticut’s federal courts running on financial fumes
Washington – Connecticut’s federal courts have been limping along during the shutdown by using money collected for court fees and leftover funds from other small accounts. But that will end next week unless talks between congressional Republicans and the White House bear fruit soon. On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut […]
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Jim Himes’ Wall Street savvy puts him on top in debt ceiling crisis
Washington – As an expert on Wall Street and global markets, Rep. Jim Himes’ stock is rising as the nation lurches toward the brink of a fiscal cliff. For weeks, Himes, a Democrat who represents Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District, has been issuing Cassandra-like warnings about the dire consequences of defaulting on the nation’s bills, a […]
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Federal shutdown could force tough choices on CT
Washington – As the budget crisis in Washington shows no sign of a quick resolution, a slew of health and social programs have either lost all federal money or are running out funds. The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has kept these programs running by using leftover federal funds or paying for them out […]
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United Technologies cancels plans to furlough workers
Washington – Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s surprise decision to put about 350,000 Department of Defense civilian workers on the job has prompted Sikorsky Aircraft to scrap plans to furlough nearly 2,000 workers on Monday. Late Sunday, Pratt & Whitney also announced it had abandoned plans to lay off thousands of workers next week. Hagel […]
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Budget crisis shuts down CT National Guard
Washington – The federal shutdown has furloughed hundreds of full-time Connecticut National Guardsmen and forced the cancellation of drills scheduled for this weekend. Besides stopping paychecks for 640 full-time civilian and active duty guardsman and 200 civilian contractors, the shutdown has also put a halt to the drilling and training of nearly 4,000 part-time “citizen […]
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Woman in Capitol Hill car chase identified as Stamford resident
Washington — The female driver whom police fatally shot after a high-speed chase on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon has been identified as Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford. The shooting happened on Capitol Hill a little after 2 p.m. after Carey’s car, a black sedan with Connecticut license plates, breached a security barrier near the White […]
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Coltsville National Park plans discussed during shutdown
Washington – Plans to build a new national park on the site of Samuel Colt’s factory and home in Hartford were considered during a congressional hearing Thursday, but the event was as much a platform for Republicans to complain about the shutting of federal parks as an opportunity to move legislation forward. That didn’t seem to […]
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Shots fired on Capitol Hill in Washington
The following are reports from washingtonpost.com, and confirmed by Mirror Washington reporter Ana Radelat: The House and the Senate have both been recessed until further notice: 2:48 pm Capitol Police tell staff to seek shelter The U.S. Capitol Police sent out this message a short time ago: SHELTER IN PLACE. Gunshots have been reported […]