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  • September 22, 2022 — by Tim Miller
    Tim Miller: I’m going to start out with a pretty tough one. Toddlers, when they don’t get what they want, throw a tantrum. Grownups, when they don’t get what they want, work to find a solution. Why are there so few grownups in Washington?Chris Murphy: This place has really become a little bit dystopian in that there’s a whole incentive... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Andrew Desiderio
    MADRID — Thom Tillis and Chris Murphy’s work on a once-in-a-generation gun safety bill began thousands of miles away from the Capitol, in the Western Balkans. The North Carolina Republican and the Connecticut Democrat barely knew each other at the time and had no predetermined reason to link up, especially on an issue as vexing as gun violence.... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by KK Ottesen
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), 48, became a national leader in the fight against gun violence when he was a U.S. representative after a massacre in his district at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, which was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. This interview was conducted on June 10. Thirteen days later, the Senate passed... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Nora Grace-Flood
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy arrived in town to complete his sixth “walk across Connecticut” blister-free in a new pair of kicks?—?after hearing from voters about national, not just local, politics this time. Murphy’s annual 70-mile hike began in a kayak on the Housatonic River Monday. It concluded late Thursday afternoon at Southern... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Stephen Underwood
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy wrapped up what he calls his “favorite week of the year” as the 48-year-old Democrat finished his sixth “Walk Across Connecticut” on Friday in New Haven.Murphy, trading in his business suit for shorts and a T-shirt, makes it his mission to visit places off the beaten path while talking to constituents on the ground. Embarking... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Sabrina Eaton
    WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, will take a brief respite from the partisan pie-fight in Congress on August 1 to participate in an Oxford-style debate with a Democratic colleague in hopes of “restoring a spirit of compromise and consensus for the good of the American people.”The venue will be George Washington... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Story Hinckley
    Last month, Congress passed its first federal gun safety measures in almost 30 years, a significant breakthrough on an issue that had long seemed intractable. One of the key players behind the legislation was Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, who has been pushing for action on guns ever since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Meghna Chakrabarti, Paige Sutherland, and Tim Skoog
    A bipartisan bill to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is underway.But is it enough to prevent another Jan. 6th?Democracy scholar Matthew Seligman says Congress has a narrow window of time to pass the legislation."It's a loaded gun and it can be something like a sniper shot at the heart of American presidential democracy,"... Read More
  • September 15, 2022
    Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joins Chris Jansing with his thoughts on the chance that a bill to codify the right to same-sex marriage that has passed in the House will also pass in the Senate. “I think this bill will pass. I think this bill will get more than 60 votes in the United States Senate. And I hope that we bring it up for a vote very... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Audrey Russo and Rob Polansky
    HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Connecticut’s senators are demanding action from their colleagues when it comes protecting access to birth control.Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy said they want the Senate to pass a bill that would fund and protect a Title X family planning program.The senators scheduled a joint press conference at the Legislative... Read More
  • September 15, 2022
    Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rob Portman (R-OH) participated in the second Bipartisan Policy Center Senate Project debate hosted at George Washington University in Washington, DC. They debated on a variety of topics including on the economy and inflation, gun control, immigration policy, and the protection of individual freedoms.... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Nick Erickson
    In a scene becoming less and less familiar during an increasingly polarized political climate, a Democrat and Republican civically discussed policy issues in a public forum as senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) took the stage Monday evening at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium to address inflation, gun... Read More
  • September 15, 2022
    Connecticut U.S. Senator Chris Murphy didn’t mince words this week after learning the results of a Gallup Survey that found “those that believe a college degree is very important is down from 70% to 50%.”Murphy tweeted: “This should be a blinking red warning light for the higher ed industry. The model is broken - too many schools today are too... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Courtney Buble
    Amid ongoing issues with investigations into the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a Senate Democrat wants to shore up records access for watchdogs and information sharing with lawmakers. The Homeland Security inspector general has been under fire for his handling of investigations into missing text messages from Secret Service agents and top... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Michayla Savitt
    Connecticut leaders and advocates are applauding legislation the U.S. Senate passed Sunday that tackles climate change, high prescription drug prices and inflation.The Inflation Reduction Act includes a historic investment to fight climate change – $369 billion for clean energy technology and emissions reduction over the next 10 years.“If... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by John Cassidy
    Of all the reactions to Kansans’ rejection of an effort to overturn the abortion rights contained in their state constitution, the one that stood out to me most came from Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut. Murphy, a Democrat, isn’t up for reëlection this November, but, writing on Twitter, he offered some advice for colleagues in his party who... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Mark Pazniokas
    Connecticut’s Democratic senators came home Monday to celebrate the policy and political implications of passing a $370 billion bill that breaks stubborn deadlocks on climate change, tax reform and prescription drug prices, all under the banner of an “Inflation Reduction Act.”The shuffling Senate, the evenly divided body where hundreds of House... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Paige Sutherland
    Mass shooting after mass shooting, the federal government took no action."I'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees to beg my colleagues," Sen. Chris Murphy said. "Find a path forward here, work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely."A month after Senator Chris Murphy made that impassioned... Read More
  • September 15, 2022 — by Andi Ortiz
    Sen. Chris Murphy really doesn’t have any sympathy for Republicans who are outraged by the number of legislative wins Democrats have had this Summer. According to the Connecticut senator, they only have themselves to blame.Appearing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Monday night, Murphy was asked for his thoughts on Mitch McConnell’s anger... Read More
  • September 15, 2022
    Sen. Chris Murphy will be in Stratford today to highlight $2.6 billion in federal aid cities and towns are receiving for coastal preservation projects.Murphy today is expected to tour Stratford Point, a new living shorelines project with concrete reef balls designed to protect from erosion and improve wildlife habitats.Murphy will also visit... Read More

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