The Navy, citing budget problems, had wanted to end a multi-year joint contract with the Army to buy 102 helicopters from Sikorsky, but the Navy has reversed itself and will go ahead.
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator, was first elected in 2011. Sen. Blumenthal has supported stricter gun legislation and support for veterans.
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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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Blumenthal blasts GM for ‘concealment’ in CT woman’s death
WASHINGTON – General Motors knew Jean Averill’s Saturn Ion had a faulty ignition switch when the car ran into a tree in 2003, causing her death; but the company did not inform the family of the defect until recently in an “outrageous, deliberate concealment,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday.
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Connecticut one of few remaining ‘true blue’ states
WASHINGTON – What do Connecticut and Hawaii have in common? They are among a few states that have a totally Democratic congressional delegation and a Democratic governor following the GOP tsunami that washed over the nation on Election Day.
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Democratic loss of Senate pushes Blumenthal, Murphy into minority
Washington – Democrats lost control of the Senate Tuesday in a GOP tide that rolled across the nation, plunging Connecticut’s Democratic senators – Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy – into the minority.
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A-listers for Malloy: FLOTUS today, POTUS on Sunday
Connecticut’s deadlocked race for governor drew First Lady Michelle Obama to a raucous rally Thursday in New Haven, the city whose turnout next week probably will be the rock on which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s re-election founders or succeeds.
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Malloy tries to catch a favorable tide at Electric Boat
The politics of eastern Connecticut rise and fall with the economic tides on the Thames River, where Electric Boat has designed and built submarines for the U.S. Navy since the dawn of undersea warfare. And, lately, those tides have been rising.
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State to help finance Electric Boat expansion
WASHINGTON – Gov. Dannel Malloy is set to announce the Department of Economic and Community Development will provide Electric Boat $10 million in assistance to help the submarine maker purchase one of the buildings that housed Pfizer before the pharmaceutical company moved out of the state, a congressional source said.
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NTSB blames Metro-North for multiple failures in rail accidents
WASHINGTON – In final reports on five accidents that resulted in six fatalities, The National Transportation Safety Board faulted Metro North for poor track maintenance and lax inspections, inadequate training and questionable screening and scheduling of train engineers.
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Big guns for Malloy: Clinton on Monday, Obama on Wednesday
With Democrats claiming momentum, Bill Clinton came to Hartford on Monday to keep the ball rolling, telling a partisan crowd that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy deserve re-election, a message President Obama intends to reinforce Wednesday night in Bridgeport at his first campaign rally of 2014.
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Without a public word, Obama slips out of Greenwich
President Obama dropped in Tuesday night on friends in backcountry Greenwich for dinner and a big-ticket fundraiser benefitting Democratic U.S. Senate candidates. Admission ranged from $10,000 to $32,400.
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Blumenthal wins on FCC sports blackout decision
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., had a victory in his campaign to end sports blackouts of broadcasted games on Tuesday as the Federal Communications Commission unanimously decided to end its “sports blackout” rule.
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Blumenthal wants Congress to punish NFL if it doesn’t reform
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Monday he’s introducing a bill that would strip the NFL — and other professional sports teams — of their lucrative antitrust exemptions if they don’t reform. The NFL is under scrutiny for a number of recent scandals, including its handling of domestic violence allegations against former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice. Speaking […]
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Bolden nomination to U.S. court advances despite GOP opposition
Saying he is an “activist” who would not interpret the law without bias, a key Republican lawmaker led GOP opposition Thursday to the nomination of New Haven Corporation Counsel Victor Allen Bolden as a U.S. District court judge for Connecticut. Nonetheless, Bolden’s nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line 10-8 vote.
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Blumenthal unsatisfied after questioning Hagel on ISIS mission
WASHINGTON– Sen. Richard Blumenthal was one of several lawmakers who tried to pin down top Pentagon officials Tuesday on the administration’s new campaign to target Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, and were not satisfied with the answers.