Entries Tagged as ‘Congress’

June 1, 2007

Larson fell short of his dreams

Congressman John Larson told  The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, that when he was young, ““I dreamed of playing sports [professionally]. Baseball always had a greater allure, but I loved football too. Realistically, I wanted to be a [high school] teacher and a coach.”
There’s no denying that playing professional baseball is way cooler than being a congressman. 
 [Larson [...]

May 26, 2007

Larson to take global warming junket

REP. LARSON JOINS SPEAKER PELOSI ON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
TO ADDRESS SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING
WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman John B. Larson announced that he is participating in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation trip to Greenland, Germany, Great Britain and Belgium to meet with leading scientists and political leaders working on solutions to combat global warming lead by House Speaker [...]

May 23, 2007

Gas prices sure to fall; Larson against price gouging

LARSON VOTES TO CRACK DOWN ON PRICE GOUGINGBill supported by Rep. Larson Passes House; takes important step to end price gouging 

WASHINGTON - As Americans approach Memorial Day and the summer driving season, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-1) joined an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress and voted to approve new mechanisms to fight record high gas [...]

May 15, 2007

‘Star Wars’ gets boost from Rep. Larson

Some peace activists are extremely unhappy with Congressman John Larson’s support for funding anti-missile defense programs.
Take a look, for example at this blog, which includes this passage:
In the House of Representatives last week Democratic Party Congress members lead the way to approve money for Star Wars research and development programs in the fiscal year 2008 [...]

May 5, 2007

Larson: Strip Bush of his war power to wage war

REP. LARSON REAFFIRMS REVOKING PRESIDENT’S AUTHORITY TO WAGE WAR 

WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-1) issued the following statement regarding legislation introduced by Senator Hillary Rodham-Clinton and Senator Robert Byrd yesterday that would revoke the President’s authority to wage war:
“I am pleased that my colleagues in the Senate have raised the issue of revoking [...]

May 3, 2007

Rep. John Larson blasts Bush on veto

I think John Larson, our congressman, is right in pushing for an end to this war. Bush needs to compromise so we can pull out with at least some honor and dignity intact. 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2007
LARSON STATEMENT ON BUSH VETO OF IRAQ ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
 WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement [...]

March 10, 2007

Congressman Larson gains key House position

Our congressman, John Larson, just got tapped as one of 10 Democrats who will serve on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. He’ll no doubt do a lot of cheerleading for fuel cells, since they’re made hereabouts, but the position is much bigger than a bully pulpit for local interests.
“The work of [...]

March 8, 2007

West Hartford loves Lieberman

Poking around on opensecrets.org to see which politicians got cash in West Hartford during last year’s race, I was not surprised to find Joe Lieberman cleaned Ned Lamont’s clock here.
Based solely on the list of top donors in each West Hartford zip code, Lieberman got $298K while Lamont collected merely $11K.
Chris Dodd raked in $96K.
Democratic [...]