Topic: Connecticut
LINCOLN, Nebraska (Reuters) - The healthcare reform debate raging in the U.S. Senate has turned Nebraska and a handful of other states into the kind of political hotbeds more usually seen in the closing weeks of presidential campaigns.In Lincoln, pro-reform groups have ...
Guests for the Sunday TV news showsGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.___CBS' "Face the Nation" Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.___NBC's "Meet the Press" Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut's Democratic-led legislature on Monday said it over-rode seven out of 20 vetoes by Republican Governor Jodi Rell on bills that she says are too costly.Connecticut is one of a few states still struggling to enact a budget ...
Financial institutions (led by Citibank (C)) have hundreds of billions of taxpayer money (en route to trillions) to cover their many mistakes. Oliver Hart and Luigi Zingales wrote last week: This year will be remembered not just for one of the worst ...
Republicans a dying breed in New England, a one-time bastion for the GOPA generation ago the Republican Party was the dominant political force in New England, populating the region's congressional delegations with moderates like Connecticut's Lowell P. Weicker Jr. and Rhode Island's ...
Federal home heating aid to states will nearly double this winter to $5.1 billionThe Bush administration on Thursday released $5.1 billion in fuel assistance to states, nearly doubling federal money to help poor people cope with high home heating bills expected this ...
House Democrats reserve nearly $35 million worth of TV ads in hopes of gains in Nov. electionsHouse Democrats have reserved millions of dollars worth of television advertising in 31 congressional races in all corners of the country, according to documentation that provides ...
How They Voted: Senate Roll Vote on Children's Health Care BillThe 64-30 roll call by which the Senate passed a bill to expand a government health care program for children.On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote in favor of the ...