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A Measure Of Courage In Senate On Guns
The U.S. Senate minority's squelching of debate and votes last week on any meaningful legislation to reduce gun violence has unfortunately become the rule, not the exception. Not much can get done in the Senate under the tyranny of the minority, when it...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Joe Manchin III, John McCain, Susan Collins, U.S. Congress
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U.S. Senators Blumenthal, Murphy Say CT Will Give Them Momentum in Washington, D.C.
The Hartford CourantSaying that Connecticut can help the national effort on gun control, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy came to the state Capitol in Hartford to congratulate Democratic senators for passing one of the strongest gun control bills in the...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Richard Blumenthal, Judges, Newspaper and Magazine, Parties and Movements
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Is GOP abusing filibuster in blocking nominee for defense secretary?
Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block a confirmation vote Thursday on Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary. Harry Reid, the Senate’s Democratic leader, said it was the first time a nominee for the Pentagon&...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, National Security, Gays and Lesbians
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Obama Pushing Broad Gun Control, Focusing On Background Checks
— President Barack Obama on Wednesday will formally announce the most aggressive and expansive national gun-control agenda in generations as he presses Congress to mandate background checks for all firearm buyers and prohibit assault weapons and...Tags: Weaponry, Shootings, White House, Joe Biden, Fiscal Cliff
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Editorial: Obama Throws Down Gauntlet On Guns
It's "game on" between President Barack Obama and the gun lobby. With parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim in his audience Wednesday, Mr. Obama embraced a cause — making the nation less vulnerable to gun violence —...
Tags: Weaponry, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Joe Biden, Newspaper and Magazine
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Foul-Mouthed Speaker Lowers Civility Bar
The Hartford CourantOne way to look at your life right now is this: Even if there's somebody at work who gets on your nerves, there's still a strong chance that you get along better with your co-workers than do the people allegedly running this country. I mentioned in...Tags: Dick Cheney, Patrick Leahy, Joe Biden, Slavery, Labor Legislation
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Obama Must Step Up His Political Diplomacy
The Hartford CourantOn Election Day, I almost blew it. Thinking that I was still registered to vote in Windsor, I went to cast my vote at Poquonock Elementary School. There I was told by a volunteer that I had to go to New Britain City Hall and get an application for a...Tags: Business, New Britain, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Ed Page On Facebook: What About Chris Murphy's Mortgage, Rent Problems
The following is an abridged version of a discussion on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Beth Bye: He made good on all his payments. Young guy working too hard. Been many years without any payment problems since. Don't know anyone who...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Southington, Plainville, Financially Distressed Companies, Finance
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Feds Stalled, Nuclear Waste Here Indefinitely
The Hartford CourantThe heat is oppressive. I turn on my air conditioner. The electricity flows in from Millstone Nuclear Power near Niantic, where high-level radioactive waste steadily accumulates on the shore of Long Island Sound. Why? Because there's nowhere else to...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Long Island Sound, Immigration
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Rafalca Romney Tweets From The Olympics
The Hartford CourantRafalca, the horse co-owned by Ann Romney and ignored by Mitt, is in London competing in the Olympic event called dressage. Finally over jet lag. If you think flying coach is bad, I had to stand the whole way. Airplane food is terrible, even in horse...Tags: Equestrian, Harvey Weinstein, Sheldon Adelson, Chris Murphy, Bristol Palin
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Jan 15, 2013
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Aug 22, 2012
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Jul 25, 2012
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