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Can Don Williams Count to 19? (0)

6/25/09 •

Senate Democrats are poised at this hour to begin debate on a $3 billion tax increase that Gov. M. Jodi Rell will promptly veto – if Senate President Don Williams, D-Brooklyn, can even find the votes to pass the legislation.
The farce that has become the Democratic legislative budget process has now entered a new level [...]

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Senate GOP:Read It And Act (0)

6/24/09 •

Members of the Republican State Senate, who served on the Committee of Inquiry concerning former Senate Republican Leader Lou DeLuca, Tuesday called upon their Democratic alumnae to apply a similar standard and investigate State Sen. Tom Gaffey, D-Meriden, and State Sen. Joseph Crisco, D-Woodbridge.
According to Wednesday’s Hartford Courant, two GOP Senators – Anthony Guglielmo, R-Stafford Springs, [...]

Dodd Outs Himself (0)

6/23/09 •

Today, we learned that Sen. Chris Dodd has changed his mind about gay marriage, and it didn’t take much to convince him.
Why?, because Chris Dodd needs every friend he can find these days and the gay community has money, connections and political power to get more campaign funds for the ailing 34-year incumbent.
When he was tramping [...]

Weicker Speaks! For Dodd (1)

6/21/09 •

Let’s take a wager – which institution which be gone before January 2011 – The House of Dodd or the Hartford Courant? With each passing week, the smart money seems to be on the Courant.
There are some good reporters and editors left at the nation’s oldest daily, but the paper has not become a confusing collection [...]

Rell to Democrats: Show Me the Budget Beef (0)

6/19/09 •

Governor M. Jodi Rell continues to hold the budget line Friday as Democrats offered vague promises of $3 billion in spending cuts. Democrats have been back-pedalling this week since talking big about passing a budget proposal next week that would have raised taxes by $3.3 billion.
Governor Rell was interviewed today on the Lee Elci Show on WXLM and [...]