Plum Island: Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer reintroduce legislation to prevent sale
New York Senators, Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer and Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced the reintroduction of the Plum Island Conservation Act, legislation that would More...
Connecticut: Democrats Ned Lamont, Chris Murphy polling strong
A new Gravis poll shows that Democrat Ned Lamont leads Republican Bob Stefanowski by nine percentage points in the Connecticut governor’s race. For Senate, Chris Murphy holds a strong lead over the GOP candidate, More...
Despite Trump’s executive order, Democrats still angry over immigration, detention
President Trump’s executive order reversing the law causing the separation of illegal immigrant parents from their children was immediately condemned Wednesday by Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal More...
Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee, Chris Murphy Introduce War Powers Resolution to End Unauthorized U.S. Military Involvement in Yemen
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced Wednesday a bipartisan joint resolution to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities between the Saudi-led coalition and the More...
Rand Paul and Al Franken join forces in attempt to block Saudi arms sales
By invoking the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) forced a vote last week on blocking a portion of new weapons sales to Saudi Arabia More...
Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as CIA director, but Chuck Schumer lost credibility for reneging on ‘the deal’
The Senate confirmed Representative Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) to lead the CIA in the closest confirmation vote for the Trump cabinet members with the two Democratic Senators from Connecticut delayed by the weather. With More...
Saudi Arabia arms sale halted: Rand Paul applauds decision but says ‘it is only a drop in the bucket’
A bipartisan group of US Senators, who have been very outspoken over U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia’s military actions in Yemen, have applauded a recent decision by the White House to halt some military More...
Hillary Clinton ad, Democrats, Florida’s Bob Graham call on Donald Trump to release his tax returns
Democratic allies are stepping up their battle with Donald Trump over his tax returns, launching a new attack ad blasting the Republican nominee for not releasing the documents while pushing a pointed piece of legislation More...
Senate follows Orlando terrorist attack with vote on gun laws, limits on second amendment
The U.S. Senate will vote on four new gun proposals Monday after Muslim terrorist Omar Mateen murdered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando and injured many others. These are the amendments to a Justice Department More...
Ted Cruz bashes Obama administration on Omar Mateen, ISIS, Democrat’s filibuster on gun control
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) lashed out at Senate Democrats on Thursday over a 15-hour filibuster to demand action on gun safety measures instead of focusing on terrorism and fighting jihadists like Omar Mateen. Check out More...
Sens.Udall, Lee, Murphy and Paul introduce bill to keep federal agencies from funding military operations in Syria
In a bipartisan effort Thursday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation to prohibit the President from using any funds on activities More...
Menendez-Corker bill, which would authorize the Obama administration to supply arms to Syria’s rebels, passes easily in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Syria Transition Support Act, aka the Menendez-Corker bill, passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee easily Tuesday with a vote of 15-3. The bill, co-introduced by the committee’s chairman Sen. Robert More...
Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy signs new expanded gun controls into law
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a new set of gun control reforms into law on Thursday, less than 12 hours after the Connecticut state legislature approved the legislation in a late-night session. Dannel More...
Town Halls Or Dog And Pony Shows? Video Chris Murphy on gun control
Recently in CT we have had a spate of “Town Halls” from our Congressional “Representatives”. Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Rep. Jim Himes et al. came out to be among the “folks” More...
Senator Chris Murphy Supports Professional Killers VIDEO
What Senator Murphy clearly states is that he believes only professionals should have military style assault weapons with 30 round magazines…. He said any gun that is made to kill does not belong in the hands More...
