Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. joined a retired general and other lawmakers Wednesday to support a new report that says the Pentagon’s purchases overseas threaten U.S. national security. Sponsored in part by U.S. manufacturers, the report said reliance on raw materials and products from overseas could result in disruptions of the military’s supply chain. The study […]
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Connecticut mayors skip letter on air towers
Seventy mayors from across the nation signed a letter Tuesday urging the Federal Aviation Administration to reverse its decision to close air towers at 149 airports. Although six airports would be affected in Connecticut — all but Bradley International Airport — none of the state’s mayors signed the letter drafted by the Alliance for Aviation […]
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GOP targets Rep. Esty, but it may miss the mark
Washington — Even before Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty completed her first 100 days in Congress, the GOP had begun a campaign to oust her from Congress. But even the Republican Party says Esty isn’t the best target they have in this election cycle, which ends in November 2014.
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Esty gets help from senior Democrat
Washington — Just because Congress is on a two-week spring break doesn’t mean lawmakers aren’t busy pressing their agendas. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, held a telephonic town hall Thursday with the senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, to press Democratic priorities and bash a GOP budget promoted […]
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Obama to visit Connecticut, push gun violence agenda
Gearing up for a big push for national gun-control legislation, President Barack Obama will visit Connecticut Monday, the White House confirmed. “President Obama will travel to the University of Hartford where he will continue asking the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass common-sense measures to reduce gun violence,” a spokesman […]
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Biden to address Coast Guard academy graduation
Vice President Joe Biden will give the keynote speech at U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s commencement on May 22, the New London academy announced on Thursday. The president and vice president take turns giving graduation speeches at all the military academies. President Obama addressed the Coast Guard Academy in 2011, former Vice President Dick Cheney gave […]
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FAA to close all Conn. airport towers except Bradley’s
Connecticut airports lost their appeals to keep controllers at their towers. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued a final list of 149 airports that will close their air traffic control towers because they agency is required to lay off controllers to save money. Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport, Brainard Airport, Stratford’s Igor I. Sikorsky Airport, […]
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Lawmakers split over bill that prevents government shutdown
Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, and John Larson, D-1st District split with the rest of the Connecticut delegation over a bill that would continue to fund the federal government for another six months. Despite the opposition of DeLauro and Larson, the stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, was approved 318 to 109 and […]
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Obama declares aid to Connecticut for snowstorm
President Obama declared Connecticut a major disaster area again, this time for the severe winter storm that hit the state March 8 through March 11. The designation means all Connecticut counties, and the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribal Nations located within New London County, are eligible for federal money to help them pay for snow […]
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Newtown shapes, challenges Esty’s first months in Congress
Washington – Like all new federal lawmakers, Rep. Elizabeth Esty is learning each day how to function in Congress. But unlike most, hers is a trial by fire.
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DeLauro to Rome for new Pope
Although they don’t see eye to eye on many things, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has selected Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, to join a bipartisan group of House members who will represent the United States at the investiture of new Pope Francis I in Rome next week. The delegation will be led by Rep. […]
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Lieberman joins conservative think tank
Washington — Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will join the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative Washington-based think tank announced Monday. In a statement AEI said Lieberman will serve as co-chairman of the American Internationalism Project, alongside former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. “The American Internationalism Project, under the leadership of Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Jon Kyl, […]
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Democrats blame GOP for Sandy aid cuts
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, joined counterparts from New York and New Jersey Friday in blaming Republicans for across-the-board spending cuts that will trim Hurricane Sandy disaster aid. In the process called sequestration, cuts to most federal programs, with the exception of transportation funding, Medicare, Social Security and a few others, went into effect last […]
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It’s official – McCarthy nominated to run EPA
It’s official. As has been widely reported (including here) for weeks, President Obama is nominating Connecticut’s former top environmental official – Gina McCarthy – to run the Environmental Protection Agency.
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U.S. House Democrats name Himes as lead fundraiser
Washington — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the political organization in charge of raising campaign cash and planning strategy to get Democrats elected to the U.S. House, has named Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, as its lead fundraiser. Himes will succeed Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., as the DCCC Finance Committee chairman, said Rep. Steve Israel, […]
