Washington — Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, is helping implement a new type of meet up for Connecticut’s veterans. It’s all about matching the right unemployed veteran with the right job, he said. “Veterans’ job fairs are good, but the feedback we get is that they are not focused,” said Larson. The Veterans Job Match […]
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Lieberman poised to win big on postal bill
Washington — Sen. Joe Lieberman has spent weeks pleading, chiding and compromising to win approval of a bill that would blunt the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to close hundreds of facilities and curtail mail service. On Tuesday, it appeared Lieberman, an independent, was close to victory. The Senate is considering 39 amendments to Lieberman’s bill, […]
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Murphy says he pays 22.4 percent in taxes
Following up on a promise made earlier this week, Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, released his 2011 federal and state tax returns Wednesday. Murphy and his wife Catherine Holahan reported joint salaries of $220,125 and no other income except $160 from a refund on last year’s taxes. Murphy’s congressional salary is $174,000. Murphy and his […]
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Murphy tapping Clinton donors
Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, is trying to get a fundraising boost by soliciting campaign funds from the people who gave to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. According to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, the Murphy campaign has rented the Clinton email donor list for $3,644.96. Although Clinton, now secretary of state, lost […]
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Lieberman may investigate Secret Service scandal
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is under pressure to hold a hearing on the scandal that has rocked the Secret Service this week. But Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday he didn’t know whether he wants to investigate allegations that 11 agents partied with prostitutes when they were preparing for President Obama’s […]
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When it comes to political cash, McMahon may now be the poorest candidate
Candidates for retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman’s seat stumbled all over themselves Friday afternoon putting out the latest numbers on their fundraising efforts. Republican Linda McMahon tweeted that she raised $172,390 in the first three months of this year. In addition, she’s loaned her campaign another $965,000. That means McMahon has invested more than $1.7 million […]
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With court approval of bank deal, Connecticut homeowners can get help
Court approval of a $26 billion deal between the nation’s biggest banks and the Justice Department and all 50 states means Connecticut homeowners who may be eligible for federal aid can apply for a number of new programs for help. Homeowners who were foreclosed upon by Ally Bank, Bank of America, Citbank, JPMorgan Chase and […]
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Affordable housing advocates fill in some blanks
Washington — Researchers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development stood in front of about 25 housing advocates from all over the country Tuesday morning with a question: “What should we be focusing on our research attention on?” Todd Richardson asked. “Do you see research gaps? Things that we haven’t really looked at?” He […]
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Supreme Court sharply divided over individual mandate
Washington — On the second day of oral arguments over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a divided Supreme Court turned its attention to whether Congress had the authority to require most Americans to have health insurance.
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Malloy meets with Navy secretary
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy met at the Pentagon Monday with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former governor of Mississippi, to talk about the future of the submarine base in Groton. “My administration — in cooperation with Connecticut’s congressional delegation — has been closely monitoring the Department of Defense proposal to conduct a new BRAC process, […]
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Supreme Court begins arguments on landmark health care law
Washington — Inside the Supreme Court on Monday, the justices appeared to be in rare agreement on the rejection of a technical issue that could stall consideration of the constitutionality of the federal health reform law.
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Lieberman, McCain & Lindsay Graham on staying the course in Afghanistan
Three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee say it’s in the country’s best security interests to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The three argue on the opinion page of The Washington Post: “Significant military progress has been made in Afghanistan — progress that we have personally witnessed over repeated visits. Four years ago, southern […]
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Key senator says ‘no’ to BRAC, but Courtney remains vigilant.
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said Thursday he’s relieved that a key Democrat on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, told Pentagon brass this week that she would not consider a base closing bill in her subcommittee this year. The Pentagon wants two new rounds of base closings, one in 2013 and […]
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Larson presses for Election Weekend
Rep. John Larson wants Election Day to go European. He, and another member of the Democratic House leadership, Rep. Steve Israel of New York, have introduced a bill that would move Election Day from its traditional spot of the first Tuesday in November to the first full weekend of that month. They argue that would […]
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Barney Frank ejected from House defending Jim Himes’ honor
A verbal fight that ended in the ejection of pugnacious Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., from the House floor broke out Wednesday after Democrats accused Republicans of stealing a bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District. Himes won approval of legislation last year that aims to help community banks provide resources to local businesses. The legislation […]