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Connecticut Sen. Kevin Kelly has stepped down as the Republican minority leader and has been replaced by Sen. Stephen Harding, a first-term Republican from Brookfield.
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In response to Iran’s support for Hamas amid the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is introducing legislation to enforce stronger sanctions on Iranian oil sales during Monday night’s Senate session.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said he is prepared for a tough budget fight as he returns to Washington this week. The U.S. Senate expects to vote on a short-term spending bill this month to avoid an October government shutdown.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the Senate will begin discussions on the passage of its own version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week. This comes after the House of Representatives passed a version of the bill with controversial amendments.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Senate this weekend will “change the world” through climate initiatives, lowering prescription drug costs and increasing corporate taxes.
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The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage
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Gillibrand, activists outraged as Senate fails to pass bill to protect veterans exposed to burn pitsTwenty-five supporters of the bill switched their stance during a last-minute revote in the Senate on Wednesday due to a procedural technicality. The legislation would have provided health care to sick veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
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Connecticut’s two Democratic U.S. senators have vowed to continue to push for a vote on a bill to protect a person’s right to cross state lines for an abortion.
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Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined almost all of his Senate Democratic colleagues to introduce the “John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act” —…