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Close NOVEMBER 12, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton came to Capitol Hill Tuesday to underline for Democrats the political consequences of failing to pass a health overhaul, saying doing nothing was the worst outcome.

Only in the mind of a liberal media journalist would Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen.

The effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will likely come next year as an amendment to the Defense Department spending bill, rather than through a standalone bill, according to gay Rep.

The list is growing for Republicans and Democrats wanting to be Connecticut's next Governor.

You have to wonder why the Senate Democrats are keeping Sen. Joe Lieberman in the party caucus and letting him chair the Homeland Security Committee, a plumb chairmanship that I am sure many veteran Senate Democrats, who actually call themselves Democrats, would love to have.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is right to abandon political correctness in his desire to know what effect, if any, Islamic terrorists had on the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 others at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Appearing on CBS program Face the Nation on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham warned the House health reform legislation that passed Saturday night is a "disaster" for private choice, adding that he hopes and prays Democrats' reforms do not become law.

Nov. 11 Former President Bill Clinton spoke to Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill Tuesday, urging them to resolve their differences and pass a healthcare overhaul bill by year's end.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman.

Submitted by Alisa Gaudiosi, Connecticut Campaign for Responsible Health Reform, on 2009-11-09.   Alisa Gaudiosi Bill Carew, a Simsbury resident and President of Ovation Benefits in Farmington, makes a presentation to The Connecticut Campaign for Responsible Health Reform group opposing the legislation and increased costs to small employers at ...

President Barack Obama's Democratic Party, which lost two state governorships last week, drew hope for winning the governor's office in Connecticut next year after the Republican incumbent said she would not run for re-election. Jodi Rell, in office since 2004, said on Monday she would not seek another term, setting the stage for a wide-open ...

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Ties surface between chief suspect in the Fort Hood rampage and a jihadist cleric in Yemen, giving impetus to arguments that the tragedy was a terrorist act.

In the Senate, where proposals differ substantially from the House-passed measure on issues like a government-run plan and how to pay for coverage, the bill is stalled while budget analysts assess its overall costs.

Republicans Monday had new hope that they could influence health care deliberations -- influence that so far has eluded them -- as the debate moves to the Senate, where the rules and the politics can work to their advantage.

An emotional Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Monday she will not run for re-election next year, stepping away from the job after a difficult budget battle with Democrats and an ever-darkening state economic crisis.

As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman vows to have the Senate itself investigate the shootings at Fort Hood , disturbing new evidence suggests that Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the chief suspect in the shootings, might not have been acting entirely alone.

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

President Obama on Sunday praised the "historic" House vote to pass a bill overhauling the nation's ailing health care system, and said now it is time for the Senate to "take the baton" and complete its work.