The CT senator wants to ‘defy the odds’ in a midterm year by protecting Democrats’ majorities and creating a path for more gun-related bills.
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy, Connecticut’s junior U.S. senator, was first elected in 2012. Sen. Murphy has supported stricter gun legislation and affordable health care.
Posted inGovernment
Chris Murphy-backed election reforms bill gains Senate momentum
The Senate’s Electoral Count Act reforms bill, which CT Sen. Chris Murphy worked on, has bipartisan support. But the House’s version doesn’t.
Posted inGovernment
Murphy, Blumenthal backing bill to ban guns near election sites
Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal say the legislation will protect voters. It is unclear if Senate Republicans will support it.
Posted inGovernment
Sandy Hook survivors call on Senate to pass assault weapons ban
Advocates want the Senate to go beyond the new gun safety bill and renew a federal assault weapons ban. But passage remains a challenge.
Posted inJustice
CT’s Maria Kahn sails through Senate hearing for 2nd Circuit
Kahn, a justice on the CT Supreme Court, largely avoided tough questioning from Republicans, who focused their attention on another nominee.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT lawmakers seek federal relief for home energy prices
New England lawmakers want more federal money for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but it might not happen before winter.
Posted inGovernment
CT’s Judge Sarah Merriam confirmed to 2nd Circuit Court
Merriam, a federal district court judge, is one of two Connecticut nominees appointed by President Joe Biden to sit on the 2nd Circuit.
Posted inGovernment
Senate races to confirm CT judges to 2nd Circuit Court
The Senate will likely start voting this week on Sarah Merriam’s confirmation. CT’s senators hope to take up Maria Kahn’s nomination soon.
Posted inPolitics
CT Senators laud ‘fundamental shift in power’ in D.C.
Inflation Reduction Act clears a path for lower Medicare drug costs and more that CT Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal have sought.
Posted inPolitics
Child care funding, a top CT priority, stripped from Biden bill
CT Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal hope to insert at least some child care investments into the bill over the weekend.
Posted inGovernment, Politics
Fearing 2024 election threats, Murphy helped craft bipartisan bill to avert Jan. 6 repeat
Democrats sought voting rights safeguards in the Electoral Count Act reform bill, but hope the compromise will help in the 2024 election.
Posted inPolitics
CT Democrats in D.C. explore different paths to protecting abortion access
Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, has suggested voting on individual components of a bill that would broadly protect abortion access.
Posted inPolitics
Chris Murphy and Connecticut’s gun safety movement get their moment
Sen. Chris Murphy negotiated and shepherded into passage America’s first significant gun safety law in three decades. Then he flew home to celebrate.
Posted inPolitics
Murphy, other senators announce bipartisan deal on guns
The law would enhance background checks for buyers under 21 and create a “red flag” tool to allow the seizure of guns from troubled people.
Posted inPolitics
On eve of Sandy Hook anniversary, senators stoke outrage and hope
Connecticut’s Democratic senators, Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, say they are playing the “long game” on gun-violence legislation.