Consumers have good reason to wonder why they have to pay for cable channels they don’t watch. Most cable customers enjoy only a fraction of the channels on their services but end up supporting them all every time they write
(AP) US overhauls process for recognizing Indian tribesBy MICHAEL MELIAAssociated PressKENT, Conn.His tribe once controlled huge swaths of what is now New York and Connecticut, but the shrunken reservation presided over by Alan Russell today hosts little more than four
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is likely to face a challenge in the 2014 Republican primary from Matt Bevin, a local businessman who has recently been courting Kentucky Tea Party groups and who has been the owner of Bevin
United States Senator Richard Blumenthal on Fox News Sunday morning…
For a second time, Senate Democrats have objected to a resolution introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that calls upon the Senate to review public policies that led to the illegal abortion practices of Kermit Gosnell and others like him. Kermit Gosnell
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent an email to his supporters on Thursday asking them for a contribution “in the wake of the horror of the December 14, 2012 massacre of 20 beautiful children and 6 dedicated educators.” The New Haven
In the midst of passing massive gun control legislation in the Nutmeg state, Connecticut lawmakers plan on moving sick prison inmates to a nursing home in Rocky Hill. Although some Connecticut state legislators appear confident the inmates will not be a
On March 31 Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) promised to introduce an amendment banning “high capacity” magazines when the Senate considers a gun control package later this month. Appearing on CNN, Blumenthal said: [Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)] has assured me
The National Journal‘s rankings of the most liberal U.S. representatives reveals that Connecticut’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal is the most liberal Senator, while Connecticut’s all-Democrat congressional delegation is the fourth most liberal in the country. Blumenthal tied with Sen. Tom Udall
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi told seven U.S. senators last week that the American Media is run by Jews and he is a victim of their control. The seven senators, John McCain (R-AZ), Chris Coons (D-DE), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Lindsey Graham
(AP) Many share Newtown’s mourning during holidaysBy BROCK VERGAKIS and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated PressNEWTOWN, Conn.As residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school, people sharing in the
Reason 11,958 CNN is tanking…. This morning, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien hosted a round-table discussion on gun control with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. Not a single person on the six-person panel challenged Blumenthal on his gun control views. Watch for yourself…
(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” _ Gov. Dannel Malloy, D-Conn.; Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Reps. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Donna Edwards, D-Md.; Mayor Pedro
Attorney General Eric Holder told President Barack Obama he would remain for only about a year. It came as a shock to many when President Obama asked him to serve a second term and Mr. Holder wavered a bit on
Sun Sentinal: WASHINGTON – Rep. Chris Murphy was elected to an open Connecticut Senate seat, delivering Linda McMahon her second defeat in three years. Murphy, who was projected to win by the Associated Press, will replace retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman,
Al Sharpton berated the crowd of 300 people at a GOTV rally in a Baptist church in Bridgeport, Connecticut Monday, shaming the attendees who might not vote. “Nobody’s shooting you, nobody is bombing your churches, nobody is threatening you,” he
A Wednesday Rasmussen survey of 500 likely voters in deep blue Connecticut found that former WWE executive Linda McMahon (R) is three points ahead of Chris Murphy (D) in the state’s race to fill the Senate seat of retiring Sen.
Union workers at Connecticut nursing homes represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are alleged to have vandalized and sabotaged assisted living facilities in Connecticut — including those that care for Alzheimer’s patients — during a mass walkout earlier
I’m not a big fan of Mitt Romney. I hammered him the day before Christmas for being open to a value-added tax, and I’ve criticized him in previous posts for his less-than-stellar record on healthcare, his weakness on Social Security
From Legal News Line: A new study focusing on what one organization feels is an abuse of power was released Wednesday, naming the 10 worst state attorneys general in recent history. Hans Bader, Counsel for Special Projects at the Competitive
Now this is what you call standing up like a real Marine and taking responsibility. From the Hartford Courant: After nearly a week of criticism following revelations that he misrepresented his military record and five days after a press conference
Did we just hear Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal try to blame local journalists for his ‘misspoken’ words about his Vietnam war record? When Blumenthal was asked at Tuesday’s press conference why he didn’t correct published accounts of his Vietnam
In the wake of revelations by the New York Times that Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam, the Beltway media has already gone into its protective crouch: yesterday’s breathtakingly defiant and disgraceful press conference is being
And the truth shall set you free — and most likely kill your political career. The frontrunner to be Chris Dodd’s replacement in the Connecticut senatorial campaign, Richard Blumenthal, has been dealt a possible death blow in his Senate hopes.
Ahead of multiple ethics violations Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd is retiring from his long-time Democrat held seat. The Conn. Democrat Party is keen to keep that seat and has proffered state attorney general Richard Blumenthal as the man to do
