Category: General Assembly
House overrides veto of campaign finance bill
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on August 13th, 2010
(WTNH) -- The Connecticut House has voted to override Gov Jodi Rell's veto and raise the public funding cap from $3 million to $6 million. more »
Conn. Senate overrides Rell veto
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on August 5th, 2010
(AP) -- Connecticut state senators are expected to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell's veto of a bill aimed at fixing legal problems with the state's campaign finance law, including the program that gives taxpayer dollars to political candidates. more »
Lawmakers attempt campaign finance law fix
Posted by Mark Davis, WTNH Chief Political Correspondent on July 30th, 2010
(WTNH) -- Connecticut lawmakers came together in a special session Friday to fix the state's campaign finance reform law. more »
Lawmakers holding special session Friday
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on July 29th, 2010
(AP) -- Connecticut lawmakers are planning to meet in a special legislative session to fix the state's campaign finance reform law. more »
Lawmakers override 6 Rell vetoes
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on June 21st, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers have overridden six of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's vetoes, including a bill to allow off-track betting at three restaurants.The General Assembly overturned the vetoes during a special session at the state Capitol Mond… more »
New law aims to create jobs
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on June 9th, 2010
Waterbury, Conn. (WTNH) -- Gov. Jodi Rell signed a bill into law today that will cut down on the red tape in state government and aims to help businesses create jobs.Rell traveled to a manufacturing firm in Waterbury to formally sign the bill that will s… more »
Lawmakers want probe of SCSU pres departure
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on June 4th, 2010
Connecticut lawmakers are urging the state attorney general's office to investigate whether officials with the Connecticut State University System, including Chancellor David Carter, violated laws in connection with a college president's departure. more »
Rell vetoes TARP tax bill
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on May 19th, 2010
Hartford (WTNH) -- Gov. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill today that would have taxed bonuses paid to people who work at financial companies that received federal bailouts. TARP, or the Troubled Asset Relief Program, doled out billions of federal dollars in an… more »
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