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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is part of a working group of Democrats and Republicans negotiating how to clarify that the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is not a license to undo an election.
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By the narrowest of margins, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday afternoon confirmed Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next U.S. attorney…
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A passenger rail link between Boston and western Massachusetts is "one of the most essential infrastructure investments we anticipate making" now that a…
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Rep. Peter Welch will run for the U.S. Senate, aiming to win the seat that will be vacated next year when Sen. Patrick Leahy retires.
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Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy has announced he won't seek reelection next fall. He's the longest-serving Senate Democrat, first elected in 1974.
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Updated at 7:10 p.m. U.S. Representative Richard Neal of Springfield said Wednesday he's pushing Governor Charlie Baker to invest some new federal…
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According to one member of Connecticut’s congressional delegation, the final number the state gets is a fraction of a pot that includes $30 billion in funding to Amtrak’s Northeastern Corridor, $4 billion tied to roads and bridges and a $1.3 billion transit allocation.
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Connecticut’s two Democratic U.S. Senators say President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would combat the country’s worker shortage.
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Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, asked for a delay while he seeks to block Rollins' nomination from going forward.
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Hundreds of Afghan refugees will arrive in the state in the next couple of months. But advocates for refugee resettlement are also calling on the U.S. State Department to focus on those who haven’t been able to leave the Taliban-controlled country.