The Journal Inquirer has an excellent editorial today which highlights the role government and taxation is playing in the high prices we are all paying at the pumps. They say: Back in Connecticut, Governor Rell and the General Assembly are about to preside over another increase in gasoline taxes as the state’s wholesale tax on [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XZNCMMK4Gc&hl=en] House and Senate Republicans got some unusual support for their pleas to make changes to the current state budget today: Big city mayors pushed the Democratic majority to restore early reading program cuts and realtors said the GOP plan to cut real estate taxes should be considered. A day after the Republicans unveiled their [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCBuYmCfX9M&hl=en] Republican budget proposal will protect municipal state aid, fund Early Reading Success, encourage small business growth and reduce state gas taxes Amid skyrocketing gasoline prices, worsening economic indicators and pleas for help from taxpayers, educators, nursing homes, private providers, public housing authorities, Mayors and First Selectmen; Legislative Republicans today reintroduced their alternative budget proposal [...]
Republicans today pushed through a “Support our Troops!” license plate that will generate much needed funds for veterans’ programs when the House of Representatives unanimously adopted the measure on the final day of the legislative session. A portion of the $60 fee for the special plate will be deposited into a dedicated account within the [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5AIrWov0rk&hl=en] Tonight House Republicans once again offered their alternative “Do Something” budget, this time as an amendment to SB 51, An Act Concerning Legislative Recommendations Concerning the University of Connecticut Health Center. Once Representative Kevin DelGobbo (R-Naugatuck), Ranking Member of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee presented the amendment, Majority Leader Christopher Donovan (D-Meriden) made a point [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlKLVA_Lec&hl=en] This evening House Republicans offered the GOP alternative budget on the floor of the House as an amendment to HB 5617, An Act Making Revisions to the Charter Oak Health Plan. Majority Leader Chris Donovan suggested that the amendment was not germane to the bill, to which Deputy Speaker Robert Godfrey, currently in the chair, [...]
House Republican Leader Larry Cafero took time out from the House session this afternoon to speak with Colin McEnroe on WTIC 1080AM about the House and Senate Republican budget proposals. You can listen to his appearance by going here.
by Representative Larry Cafero, and Senator John McKinney Republican Alternative Budget Cuts Gas Taxes, Encourages Job Creation and Streamlines State Government Connecticut is facing an economic environment that has changed significantly since we passed the biennial budget in 2007. Our state surplus has disappeared and we are now projecting a $68 million budget deficit this [...]
House GOP Leader Larry Cafero spoke with Ray and Diane on WTIC 1080 AM about the proposed House GOP budget issues this morning, including the crime bill and a gas tax holiday. You can listen to the discussion by visiting here.
