WASHINGTON – Connecticut’s property and casualty insurers and other vulnerable businesses are urging Congress to beat a Dec. 31 deadline to renew a program designed to help pay for the costs of a terrorist attack. The GOP-led House is balking at considering a bill approved by the Senate in April with strong bipartisan support.
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Obama actions to help only some Connecticut immigrants stay
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s controversial move to stop the deportation of millions of immigrants will help thousands of undocumented people living and working in Connecticut, but bypasses thousands of others.
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Once a heated topic for CT delegation, war bill now stalled
WASHINGTON – Debating and deciding what authority President Obama has to conduct a war against and Islamic group known as ISIS was once a hot topic among lawmakers, including those representing Connecticut on Capitol Hill. But post-election, there’s a little sense of urgency, and little pushback on GOP demands that the issue be handled by the next Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans
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Himes open to the job, but facing tough competition for DCCC post
WASHINGTON – As the time nears for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to make a decision on who will be the next leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, is facing increased competition for the job.
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Voters return Connecticut’s five Democratic incumbents to Congress
Despite some well-funded Republican opponents, Connecticut voters have returned all Democratic incumbents to the House of Representatives.
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CT candidates raise more than $11 million running for Congress
Washington — Candidates running for the state’s five U.S. House of Representative seats raised more than $11 million for their campaigns, according to a Connecticut Mirror analysis of the latest Federal Elections Commission data.
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Esty, Greenberg make final appeals to 5th District voters
Washington – With the 5th District seat in Congress at stake, Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty and challenger Republican Mark Greenberg are making last-minute appeals to voters help turn out their supporters and sway the undecided.
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In home stretch, Greenberg loans his campaign another $350,000
Washington – Mark Greenberg, a Republican businessman from Litchfield who is running against Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, has loaned his campaign another $350,000, bringing the total personal investment in his effort to win a seat in Congress to about $1.5 million.
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Greenberg campaign hits Esty on taxes
The campaign of Republican candidate Mark Greenberg is hitting his rival, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, on the issue of taxes.
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Veterans issues a focus of Connecticut’s hottest congressional races
WASHINGTON – Reps. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, and Jim Himes, D-4th District, have made the care of veterans a focus of their reelection campaigns, following a national trend that put the nation’s veterans near the top of the list of political issues this year.
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Esty, Himes top House fundraisers
Washington – Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, has raised more campaign money than any member of Connecticut’s congressional delegation, an analysis of the latest reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission show.
Esty raised a little more than $2.5 million as of Sept. 30. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, raised a little less than $2.5 million.
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Debicella takes in $1 million, but falls short of Himes’ fundraising
WASHINGTON– Shelton businessman Dan Debicella, a Republican, has raised more than $1 million in his efforts to oust Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District. But Himes has outpaced his rival, having pulled in about $2.5 million in campaign funds as of Sept. 30, according to the candidates’ latest quarterly filings with the Federal Elections Commission.
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Courtney continues to outpace Hopkins-Cavanagh in fundraising
Washington – Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, has raised about $1.2 in his race against Republican candidate Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh, whose latest filing with the Federal Elections Commission show her campaign has raised $84,400, most of it from her own pocket.
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Connecticut lawmakers press GOP on Ebola
WASHINGTON – Rep. Rosa DeLauro has asked the Republican head of a panel with jurisdiction over the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a hearing as soon as possible on “the public threats posed by recent outbreaks of Ebola and Enterovirus D68,” a flu-like disease that targets children.
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Brown vs. DeLauro a lively, but lopsided, congressional race
The Democratic and Republican candidates in the race for the 3rd District congressional seat are nearly as far apart in their political views as anyone can be, setting the stage for a lively, if a bit lopsided, campaign.
