HARTFORD — To To the surprise of few people around the Capitol, and state for that matter, the legislature’s majority party lacked the fortitude to push through their tax-heavy budget proposal today and gave up on adopting a two-year budget by Wednesday’s end-of-session deadline.
HARTFORD–Rep. Larry Cafero believes the legislature can reach the goal he and his Republican colleagues have talked about for weeks: Adopting a budget that doesn’t increase taxes on residents and business when they just can’t afford it.
Cafero, leader of the legislature’s House Republican caucus, was joined by Gov. M. Jodi Rell today in an afternoon [...]
HARTFORD — House Republican Leader Larry Cafero today told a large group of mayors and first selectmen what they already knew: the General Assembly has done very little, if anything, to remedy Connecticut’s fiscal woes and give towns an idea of how much state aid they’ll receive. Cafero attended Town Leaders Day, an event put [...]
As the clock winds down to the final two weeks of the legislative session, the Democratic majority continues to waste time debating anything and everything but the largest issue facing the state… the budget deficit.
In this vignet, Rep. Steve Fontana (D-North Haven) makes a colorful analogy invoking images of the animals of Africa. He even takes some animals [...]
Check out the latest in political playtime from super-majority Democrats. This time, it was at the expense of your voting rights. The House of Representatives earlier this week took up National Popular Vote, and after a bit of debate the Democrat-pushed proposal failed by a single vote. But then something happened: After a long pause, [...]
On the fourth anniversary of the execution of serial killer Michael Ross House Republican Leader state Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero Jr of Norwalk today urged lawmakers to streamline the death penalty process as the Chief State’s Attorney has asked, and not to abolish capital punishment.
Cafero said death penalty opponents have purposely made the process to [...]
Rep. Michael Lawlor (D-East Haven) evidently would not report every felony or sexual assault he sees. Coming from an attorney, a co-chariman of the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, and a representative sworn to support the constitutions of the United States and the state of Connecticut, that’s comforting.
So what is Rep. Lawlor’s standard? Which felony [...]
HARTFORD — House and Senate Democrats today participated in a dog-and-pony show promoting public financing for campaigns even though the state, and nation, are in tough financial shape. In other words, they want to use your money to keep their seats. It’s a sour tune coming from state legislators at the news conference — Michelle [...]
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