HARTFORD — House Republican Leader Larry Cafero joined the legislature’s Appropriations Committee today and delivered this simple message: There’s a better way. Committee members debated freshly authored budget information from majority Democrats, who have proposed dunking Connecticut residents in the biggest pot of tax increases the state has seen. Cafero, considering the economy, said the [...]
Quinnipiac University released a new poll today and the results shouldn’t surprise anyone other than Democrats here at the Capitol. Jobs, or the lack thereof, was the top issue among respondents who told pollsters the ailing economy is the most critical issue Connecticut faces. So what, exactly, have legislative Democrats done over the last year or [...]
HARTFORD — Democrats in the House today voted to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto on An Act Concerning the Standard Wage for Certain Connecticut Workers. The vote tally was 106-35, with House Republicans on the same side as Connecticut’s governor. Democrats cheered afterward, quieted only by the gavel of House Speaker Christopher Donovan. The [...]
House Republicans will be heading back to the Capitol on Monday, July 20th. The Democrat Majority has called a “veto session”, where members of the General Assembly convene to re-consider several bills passed by the Legislature but vetoed by Governor Rell. Some of the bills that may be considered are:
HB 6600: The Democrats’ state-run healthcare [...]
HARTFORD — Tight budgeting by the House Republicans amid the ongoing fiscal crisis has allowed the Republican caucus to return more than $117,000 to the state. In addition, House Republicans took 33 unpaid furlough days that amounted to another $8,380 savings to the state. The return of the money was a symbolic gesture that the [...]
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