U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd says that he and his fellow senators "will never cast a more important vote in our careers'' than they will on Christmas Eve for health care reform.
After thanking Senators Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Tom Harkin, and others, Dodd - a student of Senate history -" [...]
The U.S. Senate is gearing up for a historic vote on Christmas Eve on health care reform.
Although the measure is expected to pass by 60 to 40, the two sides are bitterly split over the issue.
Details are at [www.courant.com]
[...]By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jubilant Democrats are ready to push President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul past one last 60-vote hurdle to final Christmas Eve passage, and Republicans concede they’re powerless to stop it.
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[...]As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, American voters "mostly disapprove" of the plan 53 - 36 percent and disapprove 56 - 38 percent of President Barack Obama's handling of the health care issue, according to a Quinnipiac [...]
Contact our two Senators and tell them to VOTE NO on Obamacare:
Joe Lieberman:
860.549.8463 (Voice)
800.225.5605 (In CT)
Chris Dodd:
Tel: (202) 224-2823 | Fax: (202) 224-1083
Tel: (860) 258-6940/(800) 334-5341 —CT only
Fax: (860) 258-6958
And be sure to contact your own Congressman and tell him to VOTE NO too:
John Larson:
Washington, D.C. Office
106 Cannon [...]
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
Washington (AP) – Two down, one to go. President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul cleared its second 60-vote test in the Senate early Tuesday morning – moving it a step closer to passage by Christmas.
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[...]Some tidbits to take from the poll:
Once voters hear both positive and negative information [...]
This time, it's the Democrats who are releasing internal poll numbers. They show Sen. Chris Dodd continues to struggle but also reveal a glimmer of hope.
Although Dodd, a 30-year incumbent, is tied with Greenwich multimillionaire and political newcomer Linda McMahon and trails GOP frontrunner Rob Simmons, voters are willing to change their opinions, [...]
An internal poll for the Dodd campaign conducted December 15-17 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research among 601 likely Connecticut voters found Dodd and McMahon locked in a dead heat with 46 percent of the vote apiece, and the Senator trailing Rob
Simmons by a margin of 46 to 51 percent. [...]
New Haven (AP) – A New Haven board has voted to ask state officials to investigate apparent ties between Mayor John DeStefano’s re-election campaign last year and a political action committee.
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The state House of Representatives and the Senate both voted Monday to postpone cuts in the estate tax that had been strongly favored by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Republican legislators.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 97 to 39 to postpone two key changes for two years as seven moderate Democrats joined with [...]
In a conference call with Connecticut reporters this afternoon, Lieberman said he was happy the way it all worked out.
"[I] feel very good about it and I was pleased to vote for it,'' Lieberman said, "It was not easy for Sen. Reid...to put it mildly, to get to 60 votes.''
Lieberman brushed off the suggestion that he was inserting [...]
The McMahon campaign sent out an email to supporters today showing the results of an internal poll conducted by Hans Kaiser of Moore Information during December 15-16, 2009 among 400 likely Republican voters in the state. According to Ed Patru, McMahon’s communications director, the results show:
remarkable momentum for Linda, [...]
U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman who won reelection in 2006 with many Republican votes, is reverting back to character as Democrats forge ahead with their theft of the nation’s health care system.
Sen. Lieberman has voted twice with the Democrats over the weekend to end debate and [...]
*Updated*
Hartford (AP) – Connecticut Democrats say they’re ready to vote on a plan that will cover the state’s latest budget deficit.
A special session is set to begin at 2 p.m. Monday, but rank-and-file lawmakers are expected to meet in closed-door caucuses to review the proposal being offered by the [...]
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation’s medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.
All 58 Democrats and the [...]
You can't have it both ways about Lieberman (although, given his own Janus-like behavior, maybe you should be allowed to). You can't say, "He has been consistently, for years and as recently as three months ago, supportive of Medicare expansion" and then say "He's holding up a vote on reform" [...]
By DAVID ESPO AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) – A holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining.
Nelson [...]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley has announced in an e-mail to supporters today that he will be investing $2 million into his campaign for Governor:
These funds will go to building our team and paying for a media campaign to communicate with Connecticut voters about how we can [...]
-Connecticut Democratic Party Communications Director Colleen [...]
Hartford (WTNH) - As leaders in the U.S. Senate struggle to force a vote on health care reform before Christmas, Connecticut legislative leaders are preparing for the changes.
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The Congressman voted against a $75 billion Democratic' [...]
(Updated 7:11 p.m.) While U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman seems to be torpedoing the Democrats’ attempt at passing health care reform with a public option or Medicare expansion in Washington D.C. his former supporters back home in Connecticut are frustrated and confused by his recent positions on the bill. [...]
Famed filmmaker Michael Moore is fired up about U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's stance that has delayed a vote on national health care reform.
Moore is calling for a boycott of Connecticut if Lieberman is not recalled. But, unlike some other states, Connecticut does not have a recall law.
Lieberman has pushed to remove [...]
