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CT Delegation Springs To Defend Bases
There won't be a new round of military base closures in 2015 if members of Connecticut's congressional delegation have anything to say about it. And, true to form, they have plenty to say about it. In his new defense budget, released April 10, President...Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Courtney, U.S. Navy, Military Equipment, U.S. Department of Defense
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Internet Sales Tax Bill – Backed By Obama – Expected To Pass Senate This Week
A measure to empower U.S. states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax is expected to pass the Senate this week, after winning official backing from President Barack Obama Monday. Seventy-four senators voted Monday to limit debate...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Max Baucus, Crime, Law and Justice
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Activists Accuse Congresswoman DeLauro of Taking Too Long to Weigh in on Deportations
Josemaria Islas and Rosa DeLauro would seem to make an unlikely political couple. He's an undocumented factory worker from Mexico now scheduled for deportation; while she's one of the richest and most powerful people in Congress. The connection is the...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Deportation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Mexico
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Just a Bad, Sad Week
The Hartford CourantIt was not a good week: At the Boston Marathon, where bombs killed and maimed. In West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded, taking lives and leveling the community. For the media, which seemed to get it first more than it got it right. And in...Tags: Barack Obama, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Politics, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Papelbon
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What's Left For Gun-Control Advocates After Crash-And-Burn In U.S. Senate?
The Hartford CourantOne of the phrases repeated often by advocates of stricter gun laws since the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre has been: "If not now, when?" That rhetorical question became a literal one Wednesday when a federal gun-control bill crashed and burned in the...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Gabrielle Giffords, Interior Policy
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Politics, Mark Kirk, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Max Baucus, Politics, Mark Kirk, Patrick J. Toomey, Mark Kelly
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Congress reacts to Boston Marathon bombings
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders reflected with grief on the tragic loss of life in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, but had few immediate answers as to the nature of the attack. The flag over the U.S. Capitol was at half staff and...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Politics, Mitch McConnell, Mo Cowan, Sports
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Stirred by a message from the heart
WASHINGTON -- In a city where David's righteousness almost never beats Goliath's might, what Nicole Hockley and the other Sandy Hook families did to the gun lobby last week was nigh unto miraculous. Gun-control legislation had appeared to be a lost...
Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick J. Toomey
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Newtown Families Make Their Case In Washington
The Hartford CourantWASHINGTON — At the end of an emotional day of deeply personal meetings with senators Wednesday, families of victims of the Newtown school massacre sat down for a public conversation with Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who had just...Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Johnny Isakson, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Politics
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Ted Cruz
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U.S. Senators Blumenthal, Murphy Say CT Will Give Them Momentum in Washington, D.C.
The Hartford CourantSaying that Connecticut can help the national effort on gun control, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy came to the state Capitol in Hartford to congratulate Democratic senators for passing one of the strongest gun control bills in the...Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America
Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Apr 20, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
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