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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, U.S. House of Representatives, Hampshire, Primaries, Joe Lieberman
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Kent Conrad, Sherrod Brown, Olympia J. Snowe, Dean Heller, John McCain
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Abortion, Abortion Issue, John Cornyn, Dean Heller, Republican Party
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INSIGHT-In Washington, lawmakers' routines shaped by fundraising
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * Political fundraising: 'It's like a sweatshop' * Half of congressional race funds come from 1 pct of Americans * House incumbents raise average $2,400 a day, Senate $4,700 By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, June 12...Tags: John Boehner, Dining and Drinking, James Inhofe, Lobbying, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Did State Democrats Just Ruin Connecticut's Campaign-Financing System?
Once upon a time (like just a few years ago), Connecticut's public campaign finance system had the look of a bright knight on a white horse guarding a goddess of political purity who held aloft a torch to light the way for other states. We'd done away...
Tags: Regional Elections, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy , Democratic Party, Republican Party
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GOP Fights To Preserve Independent Party
The Hartford CourantRepublicans expressed outrage Wednesday at a Democratic-written bill that would effectively eliminate the Independent Party of Connecticut. The bill, which is a working draft, would remove the word "independent'' from any political party in Connecticut....Tags: Montville, John McKinney, Politics, Danbury, Dannel P. Malloy
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GOP Concerned About Potential Removal Of Independent Party Of Connecticut
The Hartford CourantRepublicans were outraged Wednesday by a Democratic-written bill that would eliminate the Independent Party of Connecticut. The bill, which is a working draft, says that the word “independent” would be removed from any political party in...Tags: Montville, John McKinney, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy , Michael A. McLachlan
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The Millionaires' Curse: Will the State's GOP Continue Running Rich Losers?
Republican millionaires have a pretty lousy record running for high office in Connecticut. Linda McMahon's hideously expensive effort ($100 million for self-funded U.S. Senate campaigns in 2010 and 2012) is only the latest and costliest failure. Tom...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Ned Lamont, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Democratic Party
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An Industry Is Born: Closeup Of 5 Years of Film Tax Credits
The Hartford CourantDavid Duchovny, Timothy Hutton and Hope Davis have been filming a movie for the past month in Greenwich, the real-life story of a family that built a children's hospital after their daughter died of rabies. It is not the spectacle it might have been...Tags: Kate Winslet, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Maury Povich, Are We There Yet? (tv program), Taxation
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WWE, Seeking Significant State Aid, Already Received $37 Million In Film Tax Credits
The Hartford CourantWWE has received nearly $37 million in state tax credits for TV production, digital media and infrastructure since 2007, according to the company and the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The figure makes Stamford-based World...Tags: Entertainment, Politics, Taxation, Dannel P. Malloy , World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.
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GOP road to recovery should start with civility
Post-election, Republican analysts are attempting to determine "what went wrong" by interpreting voting patterns based on skin color, gender and income, very accessible statistics. Yet, news coverage reveals an electorate expressing a profound moral...Tags: Mitt Romney, Politics, Ellicott City, Democratic Party, Tagg Romney
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Is Tom Foley One of the Republican Losers of the 2012 Election?
One Connecticut Republican who may have come out of last week’s elections as a significant loser wasn’t even running for anything. He has his eye on 2014 and he can’t be too happy when he reads the entrails of this election’s GOP...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy , Democratic Party, Republican Party
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Nov 27, 2012
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Oct 19, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 12, 2012
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