The Senate late Wednesday unanimously approved a historic $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at helping individuals and businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic’s powerful blow to  the economy. The bill would pour billions of dollars into states like Connecticut, give direct cash payments to most Americans and boost unemployment benefits to... Read More

President Donald Trump could require private companies to prioritize the production of supplies that medical workers are pleading for the federal government to provide, including face masks, ventilators, and gloves — but he hasn’t. Democrats in Congress are now trying to force his hand. Democrats have introduced multiple bills that... Read More

Proposed direct cash payments from the federal government to the American people to blunt the economic impact of COVID-19 has the support of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Murphy says there are two-income families in Connecticut making $100,000 or less who live paycheck to paycheck. That’s why he joined several Democratic... Read More

I don’t get calls from congresspeople every day,” says Jay Bilas. The former Duke University basketball player turned lawyer and ESPN talking head is better known for his commentary during games than his involvement in politics. But in the spring of 2018, Mark Walker, a Republican congressman representing North Carolina’s 6th... Read More

State lawmakers stopped by the Americares warehouse in Stamford as it collects and distribute items used to help combat the coronavirus outbreak. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined state and local leaders for a tour of the nonprofit's fulfillment warehouse Friday. The organization is distributing medical and hygiene supplies to... Read More

Sen. Chris Murphy is requesting an investigation into whether certain federal agencies are demonstrating political bias by complying with Republican-led requests related to Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. In a letter set to be sent Wednesday to inspectors general for the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Department... Read More

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that officials have "no concept" of the scope of the coronavirus outbreak due to a lack of available tests.  Two cases have been confirmed in Connecticut, but Murphy said CBS's "Face the Nation" that he imagined his state has "hundreds if not thousands" of cases.  "I think we have no... Read More

WASHINGTON — As state and federal agencies prepare for the eventual spread of coronavirus in the United States, Democratic members of Congress accused the administration of President Donald Trump of acting too slowly and requesting inadequate funding to prepare for the outbreak. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, grilled U.S. Department of Health... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy visited the York Correctional Facility, Connecticut’s all-female prison, to hear how Pell Grants have made a difference in inmates’ lives. Murphy says giving prison inmates an education is a small price to pay to help reduce the cycle of recidivism. “Half of the individuals who find themselves... Read More

Tracy Shumaker lives in two worlds — and tries to keep them apart. One world is her day-to-day life in York Correctional Institution in Niantic, which she entered 16 years ago as a 29-year-old. The other lies beyond the walls of the women’s state prison: the world of her family and the life that awaits upon her release. But as she... Read More

Groton — U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District and U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took advantage of a visit by top Navy officials to Electric Boat Monday to advocate for restoring the attack submarine cut under President Donald Trump's latest budget proposal. The lawmakers joined the Chief of... Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kiev on Friday, seeking to reinforce the importance of his country as a strategic U.S. ally after he found himself at the center of President Donald Trump’s acrimonious impeachment trial. “The U.S.-Ukraine relationship is as important... Read More

Weir Farm could receive a new federal classification under the National Park Service, better reflecting what the park encompasses. Advocates and part of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation want to change Weir Farm from a national historic site to a national historical park. U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,... Read More

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced Monday that Accuturn Manufacturing Company of South Windsor is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer." Accuturn specializes in the manufacture of precision-machined components that serve a variety of industries, including aerospace and medical. The company subcontracts for... Read More

Washington – The federal government is trying to blunt the impact of the coronavirus, but Connecticut lawmakers remain critical of the Trump administration’s response to the epidemic as state officials wait for more help and guidance. “For years, many of us have warned that Trump’s attacks on global health programs, and... Read More

Hartford — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is a Watergate baby. Not one of the young Democrats elected to Congress in 1974, but an actual child of the 70s, born to Republican parents three weeks after America learned of the White House taping system that would fuel a bipartisan groundswell leading to the resignation of Richard Nixon. Murphy, 46,... Read More

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is requesting the Government Accountability Office review whether the Trump administration is improperly classifying documents that it provided to Congress. In an interview, Murphy, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that the Trump administration’s classification of a letter from Vice President... Read More

Washington — The U.S. Senate today acquitted President Donald Trump of two articles of impeachment in a partisan vote that, while expected, prompted Connecticut lawmakers to warn that the failure to remove the president from office will have dire consequences. The Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of the first article, which found the... Read More

The mother of a gun violence victim. An advocate for reduced insulin costs. The uncle of a Marine Corps sniper who committed suicide. Those are some of the guests Connecticut lawmakers are bringing to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday. Sen. Chris Murphy invited Deborah Davis, an organizer with the... Read More

Last week, Sen. Chris Murphy said this about the 2020 election: “Make no mistake, this is going to be a national security election, and our nominee needs to be ready to confront this president on his foreign policy malpractice that is making America, and the world, less safe.” I don’t think so. While I agree that the Trump... Read More