In Washington, Senator Christopher Dodd and the Senate HELP Committee approved the Affordable Health Choices Act. It is estimated by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to cost less than $615 billion over 10 years. The 615-page bill reportedly includes 160 Republican amendments, abolishes denial of health care coverage on the basis of a...
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Among the most interesting political news in Connecticut, Chris Dodd’s seat in the U.S. Senate is possibly becoming one of the most desired U.S. legislative seats in the country. There is a prospective new candidate on the Republican ticket. Peter Schiff, a well-known economic commentator, licensed stock broker and author of the 2007 Crash...
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Budget The Democratic-controlled Connecticut General Assembly and Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell didn’t manage to come to a consensus on a state budget that would have raised taxes and fees by a total of $2.5 billion for the next two years. As expected, the Governor vetoed the bill.
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For the last full week of the month of June, politics in Connecticut has been rather dynamic. Senator Christopher Dodd has decided to flip on gay marriage. The longtime Democratic Senator from Connecticut – who is also a Catholic – had opposed same-sex marriage for a long time but not anymore. In a statement...
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It has been almost two weeks since the end of the Legislature’s session but there is still no budget approved for the state, yet. Governor M. Jodi Rell has proposed about $3.85 billion in cuts, about $300 million in fee increases and no tax increases, while the Democrats in the Legislature have proposed about...
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In the final days of the legislature’s session before the summer break, the dynamics on Capitol Hill looked – and still look – greater than ever. Governor M. Jodi Rell’s vetoed, as expected, the Act Concerning the Penalty for a Capital Felony - the bill that would’ve eliminated the death penalty in Connecticut, making...
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