Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Democrats are gearing up to nominate candidates for Connecticut's five congressional districts. It's unlikely there will be any surprise nominations Monday night. Democratic incumbents John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro and Chris Murphy are all expected to get the party's nod to run again.
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Yesterday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and 40 other lawmakers sent a letter to the Pentagon's Inspector General demanding an investigation into the department's propaganda program, which was first revealed by The New York Times on April 20. From their letter: We write to express our deep concern over an extremely troubling report recently published in The [...]
Dispassionate Liberal (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Slowly. But Deep The military analyst story is far more about the corruption of our establishment media outlets than it is about Pentagon improprieties (though both are implicated). That's why protests and demands for information of the kind sent by Rep. Rosa DeLauro are being directed to network executives . As Rep. DeLauro pointed out, these networks served as an outlet for...
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Perennial candidate Ralph Ferrucci (pictured) is challenging Rosa DeLauro for her U.S. Congress seat -- and ditching the Green Party.
Foreign Pharmacy Tips (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Food Recall Bill Would Require More Disclosure A bill introduced this past Friday in the US House of Representatives would require the federal government to release the names of all stores and restaurants that receive recalled food. The bill was sponsored by Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat-Connecticut and was developed following the massive recall—the largest in US history—of 143...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro is urging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to use $1 billion of Iraq's expected $25 billion budget surplus on alleviating its refugee crisis.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) on Wednesday asked FDA to mandate that all prescription drug television advertisements include information for consumers to report serious side effects to the agency, the Los Angeles Times reports.
DMI Blog (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Andrea will be speaking at a conference hosted by the Roosevelt Institution celebrating the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. Other speakers include Bernie Sanders, Rosa DeLauro, Bob Borosage, Bob Kuttner, and Jonathan Alter. According to the Roosevelt Institution , "Join the Roosevelt Institution in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. On April 9, in partnership with the...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Remember last November when Bush and Maliki signed a non-binding “Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship” that committed America to defending Iraq? After Democrats Barbara Lee, William Delahunt, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Webb, and others raised holy hell about the unconstitutionality of "virtual treaty," the White House tried to walk back its words. And now they're anonymously...
Iraq Insider (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Yesterday, Representatives Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced H.R. 5626, a bill that would "reassert the constitutional role of Congress in making long-term security commitments [and] defer significant long-term security commitments to Iraq to the next Administration and Congress" and "maintain international legal authority and immunity for United States Armed Forces...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By Charlie Savage Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Democratic Reps. Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut said today that they will unveil legislation aimed at blocking President Bush from completing a long-term security agreement with Iraq if the...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Interesting that Geraldine Ferraro first made her racist comments on wingnut John Gibson's show February 27, 2008. So this wasn't an off-the-cuff statement. You know she's been pulling this card when talking to donors. Ferraro also rants against Rosa DeLauro -- that she only endorsed Obama because he was black (like her constituents). What's scary is that Gibson was actually a voice...
My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... supporter John Lewis, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, and rather oddly Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, who apparently only supports Obama because her constituents are black. You can hear this part about 3min into the interview.
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Back in 2005, U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro met with a group of angry Democrats who gathered in Stephanie Farber's Branford living room to seek ways to change Washington. DeLauro talked about what it was like "to operate as the minority party in Washington," Farber recalled. What the Democrats needed was to turn around 15 seats in the 2006 election in order to take control of...
Potomac Flacks (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Freshman Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has named Patrick Devlin as his new Communications Director. Devlin was previously Legislative Director for Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) and attended Carroll College in Helena, MT. Devlin has also worked for Reps. Les Aspin (D-WI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jim Chapman (D-TX) and Rick Boucher (D-VA). Devlin replaces Matt McKenna who was named Traveling Press Secretary...
