WASHINGTON (WTNH) - Hundreds of Maryland students walked out of their classrooms and marched from the White House to the Capitol on Thursday. They are protesting the Federal Government's lack of action on gun violence. Washington Correspondent Morgan Wright reports the students say lawmakers need to make meaningful changes in the nation's gun... Read More about Students marched and protested for stricter gun legislation in Washington

Washington – On the same day the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a historic ruling allowing a lawsuit by victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to move forward, Connecticut lawmakers introduced resolutions that aim to block the use of federal education grants to arm teachers. Sen. Richard Blumenthal called the state Supreme... Read More about Murphy, Hayes sponsor effort to block spending of federal funds to arm teachers

WASHINGTON — With new momentum on Capitol Hill for gun-violence-prevention measures, Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal unveiled a proposal Wednesday to extend gun-purchase background checks to sales of ammunition. The Democratic-controlled House has approved bills to expand background checks to most private firearms transactions as... Read More about CT senators stand behind ammo-check bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's war in Yemen. The bipartisan vote Wednesday is another strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's support for Saudi Arabia, which has been a point of tension with Congress since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. The White House has... Read More about Senate votes to end U.S. support for Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen

As lawmakers look to reshape the federal loan process in the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, a cohort knows firsthand the pain of rising college costs — 68 members, or 13 percent of Congress, reported that either they or their family members are mired in student debt. Collectively, the 44 Democrats and 24 Republicans... Read More about Members of Congress are rich with student debt

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) - Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal will be in Hartford on Monday to hear from people who live in unsafe apartment complexes. Officials say the senators will also announce a plan that would end section 8 payment contracts with both the Barbour Gardens and Infill Apartments. Their tour begins at 11:45 a.m. Monday.... Read More about Senators Murphy, Blumenthal to hear from residents of unsafe apartments in Hartford

Alexis Crosswell thought she’d freshen up before welcoming her U.S. senators into the Barbour Gardens apartment she shares with her mother, but the water in her shower Monday morning ran freezing cold and then not at all. So the 22-year-old Hartford woman added the unplanned outage to the litany of failures she and her mother detailed for... Read More about Lawmakers say HUD is complicit in ‘inhumane’ conditions at Hartford housing project

Representatives from area environmental organizations, and environmentally-minded residents, gathered at the Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center in Milford Sunday, March 10, with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy to talk about the health of Long Island Sound and other issues. One of the attendees, DJ King of DJ King Lobsters in Branford, told the senator... Read More about Senator Murphy leads discussion on health of Long Island Sound

As the Trump administration tries to end Temporary Protected Status for countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, thousands of immigrants fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela are looking for humanitarian protections under TPS, so they won’t be deported. TPS allows immigrants to live and work legally in the U.S.,... Read More about Murphy Urges TPS Protection For Immigrants Fleeing Crisis In Venezuela

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - Senator Chris Murphy will be joining the celebration today. Murphy is marching with the people of New Haven in the St. Patrick's Day parade later this afternoon. Murphy is heading to Milford after the parade to host a round-table discussion on the future of the Long Island Sound. The discussion is meant to improve projects... Read More about Senator Murphy to talk future of the Long Island Sound

For the first time since the Clinton era, Congress has advanced gun control measures Last week, House Democrats passed legislation to require universal background checks for gun sales, closing loopholes that allow one-in-five guns to be sold without a completed check. After decades of frustration — and of free rein by the NRA in Washington... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy on the Gun Debate: ‘No Parent Can Hide From This Any Longer’

GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) - Among the pictures of famous faces covering the walls of Pizza Today, there are also images of submarines, and they may be the most valuable to the Groton business. Many of the early orders come from Electric Boat workers wanting to pick up a pizza or sandwich for lunch. "All the morning is pretty much EB, and it's not only... Read More about New Navy contract benefits EB and others

A bipartisan effort to rein in U.S. support for the war in Yemen will come to the Senate floor as soon as next week, setting up President Donald Trump for a likely second veto fight in his presidency. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he and Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will seek to bring up a resolution curtailing the U.S.... Read More about Senate set to challenge Trump on Yemen, again

Washington – Gun control supporters and victims of gun violence in the U.S. House gallery yelled “thank you” to the group of mostly-Democratic lawmakers who passed a bill Wednesday that would expand federal background checks for gun purchases and transfers. The vote on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 was ... Read More about U.S. House approves ‘Sandy Hook’ universal background check bill

WASHINGTON — A sprawling natural resources bill containing designation for the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook as a national “Wild and Scenic River” overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, and now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The roughly 62-mile portion that would... Read More about House OKs ‘wild and scenic’ designation for lower Farmington River, Salmon Brook

British Brexiteers and their U.S. cheerleaders promised a return to Britain’s glory days once they shed the bureaucratic constraints of the European Union. Steve Bannon celebrated Brexit as a victory for far-right nationalism and called for other countries to follow. The reality of Brexit, of course, is turning out to be entirely different.... Read More about Avoiding the tragedy of Brexit

Washington – More than six years after the Newtown shootings, the U.S. House of Representatives plans this week to pass a bill introduced in response to that massacre that would mandate federal background checks on all gun sales, including private transactions. The expanded background check bill has faltered several times in the Senate, and... Read More about Gun background check bill heading for approval in the U.S. House

(WTNH) - The federal government is making investments to improve and protect the quality of Long Island Sound. The U.S. Senate approved the National Resources Management Act. Senator Chris Murphy says the money will help protect Connecticut and New York's coast lines from pollution, and to monitor water quality and prevent agricultural runoff. Read More about US Senate approves investments to protect health of Long Island Sound

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, together with Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, are introducing the Plum Island Conservation Act to stop the sale of the island to potential developers. Plum Island is located off Orient Point in Long Island Sound and is owned by New York. It’s the home... Read More about Conn. And NY Senators Try Again For Plum Island Bill

WASHINGTON (WFSB) - Connecticut's senators cosponsored a bill to repeal the president's tax cut act, which led to the double taxing of millions of middle class Americans. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal joined the legislation led by Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey. The bill would repeal the federal cap on state... Read More about Senators propose bill to restore tax deductions