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CT to secure $236 million windfall from federal spending bill

Avatar photo by Lisa Hagen December 23, 2022 @ 2:07 pmDecember 23, 2022 @ 2:13 pm

Communities across Connecticut will receive funding, formerly known as earmarks, for infrastructure, housing, education and more.

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Federal spending bill could include some CT priorities, but not all

Avatar photo by Lisa Hagen December 16, 2022 @ 3:57 pmDecember 16, 2022 @ 3:57 pm

Election reforms will likely be in a federal funding bill, but prospects for the child tax credit and an online safety bill are uncertain.

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Boost in federal transportation money unexpected, but welcomed in CT

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat March 28, 2018 @ 8:01 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:32 pm

WASHINGTON — The massive federal omnibus spending bill increased transportation spending by $10 billion, a windfall for Connecticut’s struggling transportation system, which will benefit from Washington’s unexpected generosity.

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CT lawmakers help pass massive spending bill

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat March 22, 2018 @ 5:35 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:30 pm

Updated at 12:55 a.m. Friday
WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s entire congressional delegation voted for a massive, $1.3 trillion federal budget bill that will provide the state with millions of additional dollars for education, health care and transportation and boost production in the state’s defense industry.

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Betting on Pentagon, Electric Boat to boost hiring this year

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat January 25, 2016 @ 3:44 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:49 pm

Confident of the Navy’s commitment to its submarine fleets and to a new class of nuclear subs, Electric Boat on Monday said it will add about 840 positions to its Connecticut workforce this year.

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For CT delegation, a flurry of successes in a blizzard of bills

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat January 18, 2016 @ 5:30 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:47 pm

WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal sponsored and co-sponsored 377 bills and amendments in 2015, more than any other U.S. senator. But a Connecticut Mirror analysis found other Connecticut lawmakers were busy, too.

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Defense spending, permanent R&D tax break benefit CT firms

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 18, 2015 @ 3:34 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:44 pm

A hyper-busy Congress accomplished this week much of what it wasn’t able to do all year.

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Federal budget bill good for CT defense, health insurance industries

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 16, 2015 @ 6:39 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:48 pm

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s proposed $1.1 trillion budget deal will please Connecticut health insurers, defense contractors and early childhood education advocates; but disappoint those seeking more federal heating aid and country-of-origin labeling on beef and pork.

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Courtney expects partial victory on ending ACA’s ‘Cadillac tax’

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 14, 2015 @ 5:32 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:48 pm

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Courtney expects to soon have at least a partial victory in his effort to eliminate a provision in the Affordable Care Act that has been attacked by both labor and business groups.

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Himes’ provision roils fellow Democrats, threatens budget bill

Avatar photo by Ana Radelat December 10, 2014 @ 6:14 pmJuly 11, 2022 @ 1:14 pm

WASHINGTON – Legislation championed for years by Connecticut U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, threatened to become a “poison pill’ Wednesday in a massive budget bill that would avoid a government shutdown. Himes’ spokesman, however, insisted the congressman didn’t know how the provision was placed in the budget bill.

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