Ana Radelat

Washington — Precision Combustion Inc., a manufacturing firm in North Haven that builds catalytic converters and uses green technology, is the kind of company President Obama wants to help. “We don’t have much of a policy right now to help manufacturing,” said Kevin Burns, Precision Combustion’s president. “So I think it’s really good (Obama) is […]

Washington — A deal between five major banks and a group of attorneys general — including George Jepsen of Connecticut — could bring $150 million or more to state homeowners who have been victims of foreclosures or the burst of the housing bubble. The banks involved in the negotiations — the Bank of America, JPMorgan […]

Washington — Connecticut’s congressional delegation will watch President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight with an eye on how it will help the state. According to high administration officials, Obama will  lay out his vision for the nation through four “pillars.” One pillar is the boosting of manufacturing jobs. Another is the promotion of […]

Washington — In his address to the nation Tuesday night, President Obama called for a rebirth of manufacturing, a fairer tax system and a stronger community college system. Most Connecticut lawmakers agreed with the president’s priorities, especially his emphasis on manufacturing and education. “The president’s focus on manufacturing, energy and work force development echoes what […]

Washington — After a firestorm of opposition, congressional leaders decided Friday to scrap action on legislation aimed at fighting on the Internet that had divided the Connecticut delegation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was putting off a vote on a Senate anti-piracy bill he had scheduled for next week “in light of recent […]

Washington — With federal money drying up, Connecticut’s colleges are rethinking the value of a Washington lobbyist. The Connecticut State University system hired the Washington lobbying firm McAllister & Quinn, paying it more than $100,000 last year to seek federal funding for a robotics project at Central Connecticut State University. The university also wanted the […]

Washington — The Occupy protesters huddled in McPherson Square and the 250 U.S. mayors meeting a block away this week have at least one thing in common: They are both reacting to the economic hardship wrought by the recession. Like the Occupy protesters, the nation’s mayors are seeking action from Washington. But with congressional gridlock and […]

Although Congress voted last summer to raise the debt ceiling, House leaders wanted to put President Obama’s request to raise the federal debt limit by $1.2 trillion to another test. In a largely party line -and symbolic- move,  the House voted 239-176 against raising the amount of money the federal government can borrow. f Connecticut’s […]

Washington — Partisanship and gridlock may have largely defined the 112th Congress, but Connecticut lawmakers still have extensive wish lists for the new session. The lawmakers’ goals for the year range from turning the Coltsville site in Hartford into a national park to guarding against cuts in the Pentagon’s budget that would hurt the state’s […]

Washington — President Obama’s plan to overhaul the military and trim hundreds of billions of dollars from the defense budget brings both good and bad news to Connecticut’s defense industry, lawmakers and analysts say. With the end of the Iraq war and U.S. involvement in Afghanistan winding down, Obama and the Pentagon have rolled out […]