Special Session Video

Swift Acting Legislature…

Collected by Michael Downes

Added August 22, 2008

Click above to watch riveting legislative action! The General Assembly is supposed to vote on energy assistance legislation today. However, after coming in this morning, it appears that the plan has hit some road bumps in the negotiation process, and the difficulty is lasting into the evening as...

fuel costs, special session

House GOP Offers Heating ‘Insulation’ This Winter

Collected by Michael Downes

Added August 19, 2008

Six-Point Plan Offers Millions for Fuel Assistance, Small Businesses, Conservation Thousands of Connecticut families will not be left out in the cold this winter under an energy assistance plan unveiled today by House and Senate Republicans that directs an additional $25 million to insulate consu...

budget, special session, gop

Flipper

Collected by Michael Downes and 2 other people

Added July 22, 2008

House Speaker Jim Amann announced last week that the idea of considering placing tolls on our state highways is off the table, and suggested that House Republican Leader Larry Cafero and other GOP leaders were “proposing” tolls. This is, of course, nonsense. What is interesting is that last summ...

gas tax, speaker amann, special session, tax relief, taxes

Big City Mayors Side With Republicans

Collected by Michael Downes

Added July 17, 2008

House and Senate Republicans got some unusual support for their pleas to make changes to the current state budget today: Big city mayors pushed the Democratic majority to restore early reading program cuts and realtors said the GOP plan to cut real estate taxes should be considered. A day after...

republican, "do nothing" budget, special session