Representative Joe Courtney News

They've gathered at the Capitol and trekked down to Washington. They've protested cap and trade, healthcare and Chris Dodd.

Two community service providers in the region will receive more than $600,000 in federal grants to expand Early Head Start programs.

Connecticut Democrats have hailed the passage of a bill that will make it easier for members of the armed forces serving overseas to vote.

Sonar Chief Art Harley mailed his request for an absentee ballot to vote in the presidential election before he deployed for six months in the summer of 2008.

Tom Connors of Gales Ferry, a submarine veteran, listens to political leaders outline the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, during a press conference at the Submarine Veterans Inc., Club in Groton, Monday, Nov.

AARP appreciates Rep. Joe Courtney for his vote in favor of better health care for every Connecticut resident.

Groton - NATO is a big market, said the president of a Connecticut company, and he wants to be a part of it.

Business owners hoping to market products overseas will learn the how-to's Monday at a seminar set up and hosted by Congressman Joe Courtney.

Sgt. Sam Crespo of the Connecticut Army National Guard, 250th Multi-Role Bridge Company and a resident of New London, holds his 3-year-old daughter, Zaela, during a send-off ceremony for 700 troops being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan Sunday.

It's from the East Haddam Republican Town Committee. The group's Chairman, Bryan Perry, praises Daly, a Republican running for the House seat currently occupied by U.S. Rep.

With the fate of health care legislation now in the Senate's hands, Connecticut Sen.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Clark changed his mind about going to Afghanistan. His contract with the Connecticut National Guard ended a month before the infantry unit he volunteered to serve with deployed.

The Pfizer Research and Development complex in New London will be closed by the pharmaceutical giant and its jobs consolidated in Groton.

About an hour ago, the House of Representatives passed HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which brings us one step closer to health care reform.

It certainly caught our attention recently when Rep. Joe Courtney, the Democrat representing our 2nd District, was the lone congressman from Connecticut to vote against the $10 billion fiscal 2010 Coast Guard Authorization Act.

The American Legion has delivered letters of support to four members of Congress for introducing bills that would improve the Troops to Teachers program, which is designed to make it more accessible for military veterans to transition into careers as educators.

With the expiration of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit just weeks away, NAHB last week stepped up its 'Revive Housing, Restore America' campaign, asking association members to participate in a grassroots push for the extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit.

Will the "Cadillac tax" be able to cruise all the way to the White House? The tax -- not on the luxury cars, but on high-value health plans -- is a key part of the health-reform bill that passed the Senate Finance Committee.

The Troops to Teachers program would be rejuvenated to attract younger veterans to work as public school teachers under a bipartisan plan announced Tuesday.

By 2011, thousands of customers at five municipally owned utilities in Connecticut will be able to determine for themselves when it costs the least to run clothes driers or air conditioners.