Rosa DeLauro News

In the latest round of atrocities committed by conservatives, Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sent to the House floor a farm bill on Wednesday that offers little food for families while dishing out corporate subsides.

For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan.

Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee passed a comprehensive, $940 billion farm bill.

The House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal Obamacare entirely on Thursday - a move the GOP-led chamber has done twice already.

House Democrats are speaking out against the vote today that would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .

ALSTON & BIRD INKS FOUR: Alston & Bird has inked four new clients, according to lobbying reports.

A growing chorus of Democratic leaders says the current controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service should have no effect on the agency's work implementing President Obama's healthcare reform law.

When the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee met last week to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy as President Obama's secretary of environmental protection, all eight Republican members were absent but nine of the ten majority Democrats were ready to vote for her.

Since flight patterns for the three major New York City airports have shifted over western Connecticut in recent years, Danbury Municipal Airport needs air traffic controllers more than ever, according to one official.

Members of the state's congressional delegation announced today that they plan to fight to restore federal funding for air traffic control towers beyond the current fiscal year.

U.S. House Republicans' push for the Working Families Flexibility Act looks like an effort to win over the working mom's vote, but critics are warning it's not what it appears.

There are 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, but there's only one Rosa DeLauro, New Haven's Technicolor congresswoman.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., center, walks down the House steps as Congress wraps up a series of votes in the Capitol on Friday, May 13, 2011.

The Office of Management and Budget isn't a high-profile government institution, but it has a big impact on our lives.

It's been a long time coming. After three years, New York City Council has finally passed veto-proof legislation guaranteeing paid sick days in businesses with more than 20 employees.

Reps. Frank Pallone and Rosa DeLauro are calling for a speedy release of federal guidelines to reduce the amount of arsenic in fruit juice.

A broad coalition of healthcare groups, patient safety organizations and for-profit corporations is urging Congress to fully fund the National Healthcare Safety Network and the Prevention Epicenters Program in the FY 2014 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help the state with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Connecticut Gov.

Officials are touring the Connecticut shoreline with the leader of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to view storm damage and discuss the rebuilding and federal reimbursement process.