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Lieberman bids farewell; establishes scholarship fund

Source: Minuteman News Center, Dec 12 2012, 4:10pm CST

Hartford--Senator Joe Lieberman shares a laugh with Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and his wife, Hadassah before a press conference at the Capitol building in Hartford. Lieberman announced he will start a scholarship fund for CT stude ...

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Biden Promotes White House Campaign For Stricter Federal Gun Laws

Source: Hartford Courant  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:51pm CDT

Vice President Joseph Biden re-launched an Obama administration campaign to overhaul federal gun laws in a White House address Tuesday, delivered the week after Newtown families traveled to Washington to push ...

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22 hours ago

Conn. senators still hold out hope for gun bill

Source: Boston.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 4:45pm CDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s two Democratic U.S. senators say they still believe the Senate could take up a slightly retooled gun control bill later this year. Sen. Chris Murphy predicted Tuesday there won’t be a vote ...

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26 weeks ago


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"The very institution of the Congress is the result of compromise"


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Biden: Senators Who Voted No on Gun Control Want to ‘Revisit’ Issue

Source: CNSNews.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:33pm CDT

(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden said senators who voted against the Obama administration-backed gun control legislation in April have contacted him implying they would change their votes if the measure is brough ...

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Biden vows to 'beat the gun lobby' and pass laws

Source: Sify  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:25pm CDT

A scrappy Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to "beat the gun lobby" by ultimately passing stronger firearm laws and said some lawmakers who voted against background checks have privately told him they want another chance. ...

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Biden reporting progress on gun executive actions

Source: Denver Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:31pm CDT

WASHINGTON—A scrappy Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to "beat the gun lobby" by ultimately passing stronger firearm laws and said some lawmakers who voted against background checks have privately told him they want another chance ...

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Courtney says he'll work to maintain student loan interest rates

Source: TheDay.com  |   Jun 17 2013, 10:55pm CDT

Hartford - U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced Monday that he will be working hard over the next 13 days to keep interest rates of Stafford federal student loans from doubling. "Unless Congress acts, ...

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Blumenthal, Murphy optimistic about second vote on background checks

Source: The Middletown Press  |   Jun 14 2013, 8:55pm CDT

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy said they may have lost the first vote on expanding background checks to all gun purchases, but they’re going to win the last vote. Connecticut’s two Senators returned to Hartford Friday—the six-month anniv ...

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4 days ago

Capitol Connection: Connecticut state budget costs $44 billion

Source: Foothills Media Group  |   Jun 14 2013, 7:04pm CDT

Submitted photo. State Senator Kevin Witkos, right, speaks with host Jeff Zeiner during a taping of CablevisionĂ­s Meet the Leaders program at the Connecticut State Capitol Tuesday, June 4. From the office of State Sen. KEVIN WITKOS As I wrote ...

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Six months after Newton, families still pushing for tougher gun control laws

Source: The Huffington Post: Canada Edition  |   Jun 14 2013, 2:31pm CDT

WASHINGTON - Six months ago, a troubled young man toting his mother's semiautomatic rifle gunned down 26 people, most of them young children, in small-town Connecticut in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. On Friday, the community o ...

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