How Politics Works, According To Ray Soucy

By On May 16, 2013 · 3 Comments

It’s a grim world, where money talks.

Raymond Soucy, the former union leader and political wheeler dealer, will continue his explosive testimony today in the campaign corruption trial of Robert Braddock, who served as finance director for former House Speaker Christopher Donovan when he ran for Congress last year.

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CT Legislators Want Fed $$ To Fund New Sandy Hook School

By On May 16, 2013 · 31 Comments

Today, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, U.S. Sen Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty will propose a bill that would provide funding to help pay for construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Last week a Newtown task force endorsed construction of a new school on the site of the existing [...]

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Disaster Relief Funds For Federal Parks, Refuges in Connecticut Finally OK-ed

By On May 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Hangin’ With Murph

By On May 10, 2013 · 13 Comments

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, solidifying his mastery of the digital political world, will hold another Google Hangout out on Monday night. This is an online chat with video.

I like the part in his invitation where Sen. Murphy says he is ”just walking out the door coming back to Connecticut for the weekend.” (Lest [...]

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Murphy and Bloomberg Talk Guns

By On April 15, 2013 · 56 Comments

Today in New York, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy met with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at city hall. The picture is from Bloomberg’s press secretary.

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Murphy Asks Murdoch To Dump NRA 500: ‘A Celebration Of Guns’

By On April 11, 2013 · 28 Comments

Stepping up his campaign against anything NRA, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has written to Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, requesting that he back out of televising the NRA 500 this Saturday:

I write today to urge you to not broadcast NASCAR’s NRA 500 at Texas Motor [...]

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Murphy, Blumenthal Show Pictures Of Newtown Victims On Senate Floor

By On April 11, 2013 · 13 Comments

Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy showed pictures of Newtown victims in an effort to move a Senate gun bill to the floor for a vote.

Sen. Murphy described Sandy Hook Elemtary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung as a hero and “born leader.” He said one of her biggest accomplishments was a brand new security system at the [...]

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Exclusive: U.S. Senators Blumenthal, Murphy Say CT Will Give Them Momentum in Washington, D.C.

By On April 3, 2013 · 63 Comments

Saying 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 nation.

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Immigration Activists, Elected Officials Call For Federal Action

By On April 2, 2013 · 4 Comments

Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy were in New Haven Tuesday to highlight the need for federal immigration reform. The country is home to more than 11.2 million undocumented immigrants and lawmakers from both parties have long called for an overhaul of federal immigration law. The debate is heating up again in Congress, and lawmakers have been [...]

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Gov. Malloy Says Federal Assault Weapons Still Needed

By On March 20, 2013 · 12 Comments

The much-hyped legislation is dead.

Last night, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had this to say abou the defeat of the the assault weapons ban, which was the centerpiece of gun control legislation proposed by President Obama and Democratic leaders in Connecticut and Washington:

“While I’m disappointed by this news, and [...]

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