Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT]

Metro-North workers file claim after Bridgeport crash

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...The crash injured 72 people and disrupted service until Wednesday, when full service was restored. Meanwhile Thursday, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing on

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Immigration Bill Heads to the Full Senate, 200 Amendments Later

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...their potential deportation on their families can be assessed. Additional benefits for DREAMers: An amendment introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) would allow immigrants who arrived before the age of 16 to join the military and subsequently a

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Gay activists 'utterly betrayed'

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...was pulled, several Democrats on the committee, including Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Chris Coons of Delaware and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, spoke of their disappointment. LGBT leaders and political donors had little sympathy for the predi

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Immigration Bill Heads to the Full Senate, 200 Amendments Later

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

Gosnell Found Guilty, But Where is Planned Parenthood’s Verdict?

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...by condemning Gosnell’s conduct as “beyond redemption.” But while the Gosnell jury was still out, Planned Parenthood and its pro-abortion allies—like Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal—blocked congressional hearings on such horrendous abortio

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Local Latino elected officials having trouble deciding which New Haven mayoral candidate to support

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...House Majority Leader Denise Merrill, who won the primary and went on to win the November election. The caucus also supported Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy in their successful elections to the U.S. Senate and Dannel P. Malloy in his gubernatorial

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4 Immigration Tweaks to Help Those Caught in the System

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...apply for citizenship, the same option available to legal immigrants who serve in the armed forces. That was introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Another change, from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), makes federal financial aid for college avai

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Why Democrats abandoned LGBT immigrants

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...skill, their deeply held principles, and their impressive civility. The markup deliberations were “courageous,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said, in reference to a bunch of people, mostly old dudes, carefully deciding exactly how awful they ha

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How Policy Nihilists in the Senate Doomed LGBT Immigrants

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...skill, their deeply held principles and their impressive civility. The markup deliberations were “courageous,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said, in reference to a bunch of people, mostly old dudes, carefully deciding exactly how awful they had

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CT Train Crash Raises Questions About Commuter Train Safety

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...when a train heading out of New York City derailed and was hit by a train heading in the opposite direction. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told the Associated Press that "the damage is absolutely staggering." He and other people who have viewed the scene

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Senator backs off move to change cutoff date in immigration bill

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Sunday, we explored the and efforts to change it to bring more undocumented people out of the shadows. Today, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., withdrew his amendment to move the date to April 17, 2013 -- when the bill was introduced -- from Dec. 31, 20

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Immigration Asylum And Detention Amendments Could Protect LGBT Immigrants

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...improve the situation of LGBT immigrants in detention facilities, while others place them at greater risk of harm: Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) amendment 2 would prohibit the use of solitary confinement based on sexual orientation and gender ident

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Broken track may be factor in rail crash

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...the train jolt to a stop, the dust, darkness, other kinds of factors that made it particularly frightening," said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who visited several patients in the hospital. Blumenthal said a Metro-North conductor helped passengers despi

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Connecticut train route closed in probe

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...trains to plow through gravel and tracks, leaving twisted metal and debris strewn over 200 yards. Metal was torn, said Sen. Richard Blumenthal , D-Conn., like "ribbons of cloth." Pictures from inside the trains showed the cars torn open, and carriages c

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MTA Crash: 60 Plus Injured After Two Trains Collide (video)

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The MTA crash left over 60 injured but many say that there could have been a lot more injuries and things could

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Train crash could bring 'carmageddon' commute

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...cars must be removed to locations where NTSB can study them and perhaps as much as a quarter-mile of track must be repaired. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that could take several days. "One person has characterized it as carmaggedon," Blumentha

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Train crash: 'Damage staggering'

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor. "The damage is absolutely staggering," said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., describing the shattered interior of cars and tons of metal tossed around. "I feel that we are fortun

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Broken rail cause of Connecticut train crash?

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...the train jolt to a stop, the dust, darkness, other kinds of factors that made it particularly frightening," said US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who visited several patients in the hospital. The crash damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in th

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Officials shift to cleanup in Metro-North crash

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...that we are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident," said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who visited several patients in the hospital. The crash damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel

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NTSB: 7-10 Day On-Scene Investigation

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...could take a day and a half at which time the scene will be turned over to Metro-North to begin to clear the tracks. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he was told by the NTSB chairman work will progress as quickly as possible. Sen. Chris Murphy said the inve

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