This afternoon at a hastily assembled press conference in the House Democrats’ conference room, House Speaker Chris Donovan and Senate President Don Williams told assembled press and staff that the gap between Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed budget and the projections put out by the legislature’s Office of Fiscal Analysis was a “reality gap.” Today the [...]
Majority Democrats today rejected the proposal of Governor Rell to turn over roughly $25 million of uncollected bottle deposits to the state with the goal of closing the state budget deficit which is currently at $391 million, but will be $586.6 million by June 30th.
All 44 members of the House Republican caucus are supporting Governor [...]
State Rep. John Harkins and his colleagues in the Republican caucus know the answer: They reduce amount of money they spend. Harkins on Tuesday joined other Republican legislators in calling for budget reductions rather than tax increases to close projected budget deficits that have dominated talk at the Capitol lately. “When a shop owner sees [...]
The Associated Press late Monday afternoon reported that the legislature’s budget office agreed with Gov. M. Jodi Rell that the state faces a major budget crisis over the next two fiscal years. The 2010 fiscal year, beginning July 1, will be more than $2 billion in the hole. And the 2011 fiscal year will be [...]
Is it time to bring back highway tolls? How about an early retirement incentive for state employees, or allowing stores to sell beer and booze on Sundays and jacking up the taxes? Those are just a few of the ideas submitted via the Web to Gov. M. Jodi Rell. The governor launched a Web site [...]
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 [...]
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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,” [...]
House Republican Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., today said the alternative Republican budget first proposed in April would roll back another scheduled gas hike set for July 1 and provide relief from the state’s pending fiscal woes.In response to Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s challenge to legislative leaders yesterday to find $25 million to forestall the [...]
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