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States Provide Lucrative Subsidies For Gunmakers
The Hartford Courant— Governments in nine states have awarded at least $49 million in subsidies in the past five years to gun and ammunition makers whose products are under scrutiny after the school shootings in Newtown. Almost 85 percent of those tax breaks or...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Sales, U.S. Congress, Business, Olin Corporation
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How much will federal spending cuts hurt?
The automatic spending cuts that are going into effect this week if Congress doesn’t stop them will result in tens of thousands of job losses, Sen. Richard Blumenthal says. But one poll shows Americans don’t care much, maybe because of fatigue...Tags: U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, Tea Party Movement
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Gun control plan unveiled
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Pledging to "put everything I’ve got into this," a somber President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Wednesday to approve an extensive package of gun control proposals that he said would help prevent mass shootings and reduce the...Tags: Washington, DC, American Civil Liberties Union, Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Congress, Laws
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: Voting, Joe Lieberman, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Newtown, Other Gun Violence Victims To Have Strong Presence At State Of The Union Speech
The Hartford Courantjlender@courant.com Much of the story at Tuesday night's State of the Union speech will be about Connecticut, from the Newtown massacre to Manchester, where bullets killed eight employees at Hartford Distributors in 2010, to Bridgeport, where a 3-year-...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Manchester, Assault
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Body matching suspected Phoenix office gunman is found
A body matching the description of a man suspected in a fatal office shooting in Phoenix was discovered Thursday morning in a suburb east of the city, police said. About 8 a.m., Mesa police officers found a man who had apparently died of a self-...Tags: Mark Kelly, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Justice System, Shootings
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Gabrielle Giffords Meets With Newtown Residents
The Hartford Courantjenwilson@courant.com NEWTOWN -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, critically wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona, met with Sandy Hook Elementary School families Friday afternoon, as a renewed campaign to tighten federal gun laws grew more...Tags: U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Politics, Chuck Schumer, Shootings
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Legislative Task Force Leaders: No Pressure To Keep Up With N.Y. In Passing Post-Newtown Gun Restrictions
The Hartford CourantGeneral Assembly leaders, in announcing Tuesday the formation of a task force on the Newtown massacre, said they want to pass a major legislative response by the end of February but denied feeling pressured by New York state lawmakers' having already...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Dannel P. Malloy , Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Assault, Politics
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Obama's Words Resonate In State Whose Tragedy Prompted Them
The Hartford CourantPresident Barack Obama's landmark proposals to reduce gun violence echoed loudly through the state whose tragedy prompted them: Connecticut citizens and political leaders reacted mostly with praise, although gun owners said that the measures would...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , U.S. Congress, Laws, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Newspaper and Magazine
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Reaction To President Obama's Initiatives To Reduce Gun Violence
Reaction was extensive and varied to President Barack Obama’s noontime speech Wednesday in which he proposed legislation and announced executive actions intended to reduce gun violence after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre. Gov. Dannel P....Tags: Media Industry, Research, U.S. Congress, Dannel P. Malloy , Laws
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Dissing Giffords: What Was State Rep. Hovey Thinking?
In content and syntax, state Rep. DebraLee Hovey embarrassed herself, the General Assembly and the state. Ms. Hovey, a Republican who represents Newtown and Monroe, blasted the visit to Newtown on Friday by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, a Democrat,...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Pandora Media, Inc., Democratic Party, Gun Control
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Crime & Punishment: Video of New Milford Police Officer Screaming at Pepsi Truck Driver and Calling Him "Asshole"
Gabrielle Giffords, the one-time Democratic congresswoman from Arizona who was critically injured in a shooting, privately met with families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. Not everyone was touched by the gesture. "Gabby Gifford...
Tags: Media Industry, Danbury, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Shootings, South Windsor
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