WASHINGTON –Nearly a dozen Connecticut mayors on Friday discussed what they can do to help house thousands of migrant children currently being held in overcrowded federal facilities, and the answer, so far, is “not much.”
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Washington Watch, Week of June 29-July 5
The House and Senate will be out next week for Independence Day break. Connecticut’s lawmakers have therefore ramped up events in the state. The Supreme Court will issue two important rulings this week and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit the White House.
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Obama nominates N.H. counsel to federal bench
President Obama on Friday nominated Victor Bolden, a former top NAACP lawyer who has been the corporation counsel in New Haven since 2009, as a U.S. District Court judge.
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Obama honors, jokes with Huskies
Washington – A relaxed and jovial President Obama honored the UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams basketball teams Monday at an elegant event in the East Room of the White House that showed the president was on his game.
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Obama to meet with UConn Huskies
Washington – President Obama on Monday will honor the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies men’s and women’s basketball teams, the White House announced Friday.
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Partisan battles keeping Schwartz from VA job
WASHINGTON – As deep problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs come to light, Congress continues to stall on key VA administrative nominees, including that of Linda Schwartz of Connecticut, named to be the agency’s assistant secretary of policy and planning.
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BIA latest recognition proposal is blow to CT tribes
Updated Friday at 3:45 p.m. WASHINGTON — An Eastern Pequot leader said Friday that his tribe plans to move forward with its attempt to win federal recognition, despite a provision in a new Bureau of Indian Affairs proposal aimed blocking that effort in Connecticut.
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Murphy backs Obama plan on Russia -– and urges caution
WASHINGTON – Citing Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, Sen. Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor Wednesday to defend President Obama’s policy toward Russia from GOP sniping — and to suggest changes.
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Washington Watch, Week of May 11
The House of Representatives is in recess this week, so look for stepped up activities in the state for members of Connecticut’s House delegation.
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Courtney tussles with GOP lawmaker over fast food wages at military bases
Washington – Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, Wednesday took on Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia and other Republicans who want to stop a hike in the minimum wage for restaurant workers on the nation’s military bases.
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Obama congratulates UConn basketball teams
President Obama phoned the head coaches of both University of Connecticut basketball teams Tuesday to congratulate them on their National Championship wins.
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Washington Watch, April 13 – 19
The cherry blossoms are finally blooming — but lawmakers won’t be able to enjoy them because they are on a two-week break.
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Washington Watch, Week of April 6 – April 12
WASHINGTON — Congress will try to cram in as much work as possible this week before taking off for two weeks on an Easter/Passover/Spring break.
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Murphy leads Democratic celebration of ACA
“I’m sure that [the GOP] hoped it was an April Fool’s joke,” Murphy said of the high Obamacare enrollment numbers.
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Live on every newscast, Malloy signs $10.10 minimum wage bill
Precisely timed to attract live coverage at the top of three local 6 o’clock newscasts, a jubilant Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Thursday a bill that makes Connecticut the first state to embrace President Obama’s goal of a $10.10 minimum wage.