With a key vote in the U.S. Senate scheduled for tomorrow night on national health care reform, Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman is one of the key Senators to watch.
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[...]Washington (WTNH) – Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis talks exclusively, one-on-one with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, the man in the middle of the national heath care reform debate.
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[...]Washington (AP) – The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making “inconsistent, misleading or incomplete” statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn’t recommend any punishment.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers say they’ll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week.
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[...]Wethersfield (AP) – The Connecticut Labor Department says the state’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.8 percent, even though employers added 1,000 jobs in October.
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[...]Washington (AP) – The Senate will hold its first vote on health care legislation on Saturday night and Democrats will need 60 votes to prevail.
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[...]Washington (AP) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government’s $700 billion bailout program will end “as soon as we can,” and that part of it will be used to lower the soaring federal debt.
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[...]New York (AP) – Fox News Channel correspondent Major Garrett says he’s a “conscientious objector” in his network’s fight with the White House. He interviewed Barack Obama on Wednesday, and the topic never came up.
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[...]By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent
Washington (AP) – Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor this week would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, a Democratic leadership aide said Wednesday, citing a report from congressional budget experts.
Read [...]Hartford (WTNH) – Texting technology may soon be adaptable to the state’s 9-1-1 emergency service.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers are learning that the state’s budget woes are on track to get much worse in 2012.
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[...]Washington (AP) – Sen. Robert Byrd says he’s looking forward to the next 56 years and 320 days.
That’s how long he’s served in the House and Senate. The West Virginia Democrat today became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history.
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Newtown police booking photo of Jason Bartlett.
Newtown (WTNH) – A Connecticut state representative faces multiple violations after he was pulled over by police in Newtown.
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[...](WTNH) – Green Party of Connecticut officials announced Tuesday that they would welcome Ralph Nader into the 2010 race for U. S. Senate and think he would have a good chance to win against current Senator Dodd.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans has asked one of his party’s candidates for U.S. Senate to consider switching races.
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[...]Washington (AP) – A Senate committee is hearing testimony today about the need to change the way banks impose overdraft fees.
In prepared remarks, consumer advocates tell the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee it’s an expense that hits young depositors and the poor particularly hard.
Read more [...]Meriden (WTNH) – All five of Connecticut’s members of Congress voted for health care reform in the House. But only one congressman is being targeted by the industry for that vote.
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[...]By FOSTER KLUG
Associated Press Writer
Washington (AP) – Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama’s deep bow to Japan’s Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling before a foreign leader.
So did he?
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[...]Colchester (WTNH) – There is a controversy brewing surrounding a contractor hired by the DOT to rebuild a picturesque bridge. But the contractor says it’s a smear because they are a non-union business.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) - Connecticut Democrats will hold their 2010 nominating convention in the third week of May, the party announced Monday.
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[...]HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Campaign officials for Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd say Vice President Joe Biden will visit Hartford on Dec. 11 for a fundraiser for the senator, who is trailing in the polls in his 2010 re-election bid.
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[...]Hamden (WTNH) - A Quinnipiac University poll this week spelled more bad news for Senator Chris Dodd, but what does the public think about Connecticut’s other U.S. Senator?
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[...]By CHARLES HUTZLER
Associated Press Writer
Beijing (AP) – President Barack Obama sat down with the Chinese leader Monday night, hours after he pointedly nudged his host country to stop censoring the Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House – and suggested [...]
Hartford (AP) – Connecticut officials say they want the state to get ahead of the curve in planning for the eventual widespread presence of electric-powered vehicles.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Changes made five years ago to a Connecticut law aimed at revealing medical mistakes at hospitals have allowed the facilities to keep more errors secret, a Hartford Courant analysis shows.
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[...]PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Don Carcieri, a gay marriage opponent, has opened the door slightly to the limited recognition of same-sex relationships in Rhode Island.
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[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing some social services unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages.
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[...]By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer
Washington (AP) – The Obama administration is alerting domestic agencies to expect their budgets will be frozen or even cut by 5 percent, part of an election-year push to rein in record deficits that threaten the economy and Democrats’ political prospects next fall.
Read [...]Hartford (WTNH) – Senator Chris Dodd pledged to fight back against low approval numbers in public opinion polls but it now appears he is losing the fight. A new Quinnipiac University Poll shows the number of voters who disapprove of Connecticut’s Senior senator is growing again.
Read more »New York (AP) – The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.
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[...]Washington (AP) – The federal deficit hit a record for October as the new budget year began where the old one ended, with the government awash in red ink.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.
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[...]Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s organizing a wide-ranging White House jobs summit to “talk about how we can work together” to create jobs.
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[...]Hamden (WTNH) – A Quinnipiac University poll out this morning shows Republican Rob Simmons faring better than Linda McMahon in a head-to-head race against Democratic Senator Chris Dodd.
The poll also shows Dodd’s approval rating falling.
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[...]By LIZ SIDOTI
AP National Political Writer
Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama still has the public approval of a majority of Americans, but he finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Is Governor Rell stepping back from a commitment to Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele? It appeared that way today as she said she is not ready to take sides in the battle to fill her shoes even though Fedele told reporters yesterday he had her support.
Read more [...]Stonington (WTNH) – U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Merrick Alpert [D] is on a campaign walk. Alpert who wants to unseat Sen. Chris Dodd is walking from Stonington to Greenwich.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Now, with Governor Rell announcing she will not run for re-election, more politicians are considering their options. One of the leading Democrats in the state has so far stayed out of the fray. Today, the Attorney General talked about health care and what his plans might be.
[...]Hartford (AP) – A Connecticut judge has ordered the release of thousands of documents connected to sexual abuse lawsuits involving Bridgeport’s Roman Catholic Diocese.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) - Protesters who are miffed about Joe Lieberman’s stance against the current health care reform package held demonstrations today at his offices in Washington, D.C. and Hartford.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – I got an interesting question via e-mail today from the News Channel 8 Assignment Desk during the protest in front of the building that houses Senator Joe Lieberman’s office in Hartford.
“How many protesters are there?”
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[...]Fort Hood, Texas (AP) – One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories as he denounced the “twisted logic” that led to their deaths.
Read more »(WTNH) – A Quinnipiac University poll shows Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz leading her Democratic challengers in the race for governor, including recently announced candidate Ned Lamont.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – The announcement late Monday that Governor Jodi Rell would not seek another term set off a major shuffling among state Republicans.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – The national health care debate now moves to the floor of the U.S. Senate where Connecticut’s two senators stand at the national divide.
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[...]Hartford (WTNH) – Governor Jodi Rell called a late afternoon conference, shortly before 5 p.m., to announce she will not be running for re-election.
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[...]Washington (AP) – As the focus on health care reform shifts to the Senate, analysts aren’t expecting the chamber to pass an overhaul bill any time soon.
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[...]Waterbury (AP) – A court hearing is planned to determine when to release documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut.
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[...]Hartford (AP) – Connecticut will use federal stimulus money to help some domestic violence shelters across the state stay open around-the-clock and preserve five state prosecutor positions.
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[...]WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.
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