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July 22, 2008 Congressional candidates' cash rolls in
And, in the 2nd District, Rep. Joe Courtney, a freshman Democrat, has $1.44 million cash on hand while his Republican challenger, Sean Sullivan, ...
July 21, 2008 Courtney to host telephone town hall meeting
US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, will host a telephone town hall meeting from 7:20 pm to 8:20 pm on Thursday. Tens of thousands of residents in the ...
July 20, 2008 New Federal Policy Seen As Boon to Farmers
Congressman Joe Courtney, D-2, said the new bill is considered to be more reform-minded than legislation that preceded it, with reductions in subsidies for ...
July 19, 2008 Ray Hackett: Money is fuel that powers campaigns of political hopefuls
Not surprisingly, Democratic incumbent US Rep. Joe Courtney turned in yet another impressive financing report, raising $335000 during the quarter for a ...
July 18, 2008 Lawmakers Support Plan For Home Heating Aid
Joe Courtney, D-2nd District; John Larson, D-1st District; and Chris Murphy, D-5th District, were part of a group of New England legislators that made a ...
July 18, 2008 Seaport gets grant to document work on the Charles W. Morgan
... documenting the three-year restoration of the 1841 whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, at the Mystic Seaport Museum, US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn. ...
July 18, 2008 Dems' oil proposal falls short
... oil companies have to be held accountable for the fact that they are out there not making these properties productive,â said Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd ...
July 17, 2008 NE Democrats Call For Heating Oil Price Relief
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said, "Our delegation, I think, has a special duty." When asked where the money would come from, Larson, D-1st District, ...
July 16, 2008 Barack Obama still has to persuade a few superdelegates with just ...
Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Dowdy and Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney, whose district voted for Clinton in the state's Feb. ...
July 16, 2008 Local governments press Washington on highway funding
Joe Lieberman, I, and US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, James S. Butler, executive director of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments asked ...
July 16, 2008 Northeast lawmakers want to triple home heat aid
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said families are struggling to keep pace with rising energy prices. "Our request to triple home heating assistance funding is ...
July 15, 2008 Old Lyme Boy To Play T-Ball At White House
On Tuesday afternoon the family was visiting Rep. Joe Courtney's office and was hoping to visit the offices of Sens. Christopher Dodd and Joe Lieberman. ...
July 15, 2008 Election 2008: In campaign fundraising race, Courtney leads ...
By MICHAEL GANNON US Rep. Joe Courtney has raised more money in the last three months than his Republican opponent, Sean Sullivan, has during his entire ...
July 14, 2008 Congress honors historic Connecticut-built submarine
The resolution, introduced in April by US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, passed by a vote of 375-0. The Nautilus, the worldâs first nuclear-powerd ...
July 13, 2008 Route 11: Progress, Competition
Congressman Joe Courtney, the 2nd District Democrat, says he believes the meeting developed some momentum for the project. âThe governor obviously huddled ...
July 13, 2008 Gas prices fuel political debate
Spain offered similar criticism of Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2, the state's other freshman, who was elected by an 83-vote plurality in November 2006. ...
July 13, 2008 Sullivan's Long-shot Candidacy
... Sullivan appears to be under no illusions as to how difficult it will be to defeat the incumbent Democrat in the 2nd District, US Rep. Joe Courtney. ...
July 12, 2008 Let He Who Is Without Sin Write The First Check
The NRCC followed today by asking (in three cookie-cutter e-mails) if Jim Himes, Joe Courtney and Chris Donovan will return the dough they got from Charlie ...
July 10, 2008 Connecticut labor gears up for big election drive
Chris Murphy (5th CD) and Joe Courtney (2nd CD) return to Congress. They both defeated Republicans in 2006 and have been targeted by the Republican National ...
July 10, 2008 Forget Route 11
Route 11 may have some political appeal â we note strange political bedfellows Gov. M. Jodi Rell and US Rep. Joe Courtney on board for the project â but ...
July 09, 2008 Route 11 Path Takes Another Direction With Timeline Shift
That release of funds came at the request of US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who spoke and swapped letters agreeing that a ...
July 09, 2008 Our View: Any news on Route 11 is good news
US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced a possible resolution to the stateâs financing of the project, and a detailed ...
July 09, 2008 Looking for an angle of attack
... we might expect him to cover thoroughly over the next few months as he tries to climb into contention against Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District: energy. ...
July 09, 2008 Route 11 Plan Gets A $5 Million Push
US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced Tuesday that progress had been made in the effort to restart the construction plan for Route 11, ...
July 08, 2008 Farm Bill is Subject of Forum
Chris Murphy, Joe Courtney, John Larson and a staffer from Christopher Shays' office at the event. And while some of the forum focused on increases in ...
July 06, 2008 Family Of World War II Bomber Crewman Presented With Medals
Norwich - US Rep. Joe Courtney , D-2nd District,presented the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and other medals and citations to the family of the ...
July 05, 2008 Our view: Guardsmen deserve equal pay, treatment
US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, this week introduced legislation to correct a law that treats some members of the National Guard unfairly. ...
July 05, 2008 Sullivan Hopes Sub Experience Can Help Beat Courtney
Sullivan, who is taking on incumbent Joe Courtney this year, engages in a lot of exchanges like that while on a listening tour of the sprawling eastern ...
July 04, 2008 Middletown Ceremony Welcomes 35 New US Citizens
"It is an exciting time to become part of the American family," said US Rep. Joe Courtney, who attended the ceremony. "The 2008 election will be an election ...
July 04, 2008 Sullivan faults Navy secretary
... we're not going to be able to afford anything else,â said Sullivan, who is challenging US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District. âAs a member of Congress, ...
