WALLINGFORD — One by one, a half-dozen or so employers sitting around a table here today looked toward a bank of television news cameras and delivered a sobering message that liberal legislators in Hartford just don’t seem to get: More taxes on businesses will bring more job losses. For Republican legislators here, it was [...]
HARTFORD—There’s no better way to understand how the state’s fiscal woes will affect municipal budgets than to hear from the people in charge of them. More than two dozen leaders–mayors and first selectmen–from communities throughout the state were at the Capitol on Tuesday for a roundtable discussion organized by House Republicans. Rolling back a bevy [...]
HARTFORD–Republicans during a Tuesday afternoon news conference said they will offer a compromise proposal this week delaying the approval of arbitrated union contracts until June 3, 2009.
Under current law, the legislature has only 30 days to act on these agreements which make up a large portion of the overall state budget. The proposal, Republicans said [...]
HARTFORD – The legislature’s Democratic majority has decided not to convence in special session Friday to address the state’s growing budget deficit. “I understand the logistical and expense issues in having a special session five days prior to a new legislature being sworn in,” said House Republican Leader Larry Cafero. “However, I also recognize the [...]
A forum Thursday sponsored by a state merchants association saw a panel of legislators chime in on a gloomy budget prognosis issued by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, and business owners who attended saw two different philosophies on how to address the crisis. While Democrats Chris Donovan and Don Williams talked about leaving all options open, [...]
Rep. Larry Cafero, House Minority Leader, told the Hartford Courant on Wednesday that the budget crisis described by Gov. M. Jodi Rell is the worst since 1991. Back then, there was a deficit of nearly $1 billion and it led to the passage of a broad-based income tax under Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. “This [...]
Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Wednesday said a new report by the Office of Policy and Management shows projected budget deficits of gargantuan proportions in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and House Minority Leader Larry Cafero said House Republicans remain committed to their pre-election pledge against raising taxes in tough economic times. During an afternoon [...]
Residents of this state are facing tough economic times and it could get worse. House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday said it’s time lawmakers did their part to erase a $300 million budget deficit that’s been confirmed by independent analysts. Republican House Leader Larry Cafero and Senate Republican Leader John McKinney held a news conference [...]
With the state’s budget deficit looming at over $300 million, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero talks about the ways we can address this problem.
House and Senate Republicans are holding an informational budget forum on Thursday morning, September 25th at 10:00 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building.
Democrats are apparently not interested in doing anything until November 18th… [...]
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House Rules, the official blog of the Connecticut House Republicans will be launching weekly vodcasts starting today.
Today’s vodcast by House Republican Leader Larry Cafero focuses on the message from Governor Jodi Rell on the projected budget deficit for next year, and spending.
We can weather this storm, but we need to continue to practice fiscal prudence,” [...]
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