Several members of Connecticut’s all-Democratic congressional delegation expressed anger and disappointment Monday over revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (in an interview): “There absolutely needs to be an investigation as promptly and effectively as possible. I say that as a former federal prosecutor who jealously protected [...]
Remember the national wildlife parks and refuges off the Connecticut coast that were damaged by Storm Sandy and later embroiled in a funding fight between the state’s congressional delegation and a tea party congressman from Louisiana?
Well, $6 million in disaster relief funds needed to pay for the repairs have now been released by the U.S. Department of [...]
U.S. Rep. John Larson was at the state Capitol on Friday to to help launch Connecticut Humanities’ stewardship of the Connecticut Center for the Book.
Larson, D-1st District, called the Library of Congress, which funds the Center for the Book programs in each state, “the eighth wonder of the world.”
Edith Prague never gives up.
At 87, she came full circle Thursday in a remarkably improbable journey that saw her hired, fired, and then re-hired to the same position 20 years later.
An outspoken liberal Democrat, Prague was named by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as the commissioner of the newly reformed state Department on Aging. It was a complete [...]
This is from an analysis of the 113th Congress, which just convened, by the University of Minnesota.
Somebody tell Joe Courtney he’s not sending out enough press releases.
State Rep. Mae Flexer, chair of the Domestic Violence Task Force, hosted a roundtable discussion Tuesday with U.S. Rep. John Larson, CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and CT Sexual Assault Crisis Services to discuss the importance of renewing the Violence Against Women Act, which expired two years ago.
Larson was an original author of [...]
U.S. Rep. John Larson breaks the dreaded budget-cutting scenario down, tomorrow night at MCC.
Larson will take on the much-talked about beast stalking Washington, tomorrow night at a forum at Manchester Community College at at 7 p.m. Parking is available at the East Lot (formerly B Lot).
U.S. Rep. John Larson is joining his some of his congressional colleagues by inviting someone who’s life has been pierced by gun violence to watch the State of the Union address.
Larson’s guest will be Ross Hollander, the president of Hartford Distributors in Manchester, site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in state history.
[...]
U.S. Rep. John Larson joined other Democrats in voting against a resolution put forth by Republican House leaders that temporarily suspends the debt ceiling.
“The plan put forward by House Republican Leadership today only kicks the can down the road, and ensures the threat of defaulting on our bills in the coming months. This temporary [...]
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