Richard Blumenthal

Honor All Those Who Serve Us On Memorial Day

Ed Sayres | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Military Dogs, Richard Blumenthal, Memorial Day, Armed Forces, Canine, Military Working Dogs, Walter Jones, Aspca, Animals, Dogs, Legislation, Animal Advocacy, Veterans, Impact News

This Memorial Day, as we remember all the brave men and women who have given their lives to protect our freedoms, let's not forget the sacrifices of the military working dogs who have served alongside them.

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Bill Passed Banning Employers From Asking For Facebook, Twitter Passwords

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Maryland Facebook, Twitter, Social Networking, Martin O'Malley, Jobs, Facebook, Justice Department, Social Media, Labor, Richard Blumenthal, Workplace, Maryland Facebook Law, Labor Laws, Job Applications, Maryland, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- In a victory for privacy hawks and worker advocates, Maryland legislators passed a bill Wednesday that would ban employers from asking j...

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Senator Speaks Out On Facebook Password Issue

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Internet, Video, Internet Privacy, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Blumenthal Jobs, Richard Blumenthal Facebook Passwords, Social Media Passwords, Facebook Privacy, Jobs, Facebook Passwords, Facebook, Politics News

SEATTLE — A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their Face...

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The Samba of Bad Moves: Eric Schmidt Changes His Testimony -- Again

Chris Castle | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Eric Schmidt, Mike Lee, Herb Kohl, Antitrust Subcommittee, Richard Blumenthal, Al Franken, Technology News

It is an important Sherman Act question if Google used its profits from its dominance in search to subsidize its dominance in video through YouTube. Google should honestly answer that question.

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'We Never Got An Answer To Our Question'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Lieberman Tax Cuts, Video, Jeff Bingaman, Richard Blumenthal, Take Back the Capitol, Occupy Jobs, Joseph Lieberman, Occupy Wall Street, Lieberman Jobs, American Jobs Act, Joe Lieberman, Occupy Movement, Lieberman Occupy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- About a dozen Occupy protesters who drove through the night from Connecticut and spent hours camped out in front of Sen. Joe Lieberman's...

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Same-Sex Couple Fights DOMA To Stay Together In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Doj, Doma, Immigration, Deportation, Defense of Marriage Act, Eric Holder, Same-Sex Marriage, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Gay Rights, Green Card, Richard Blumenthal, Janet Napolitano, John Kerry, Immigration Enforcement, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizen Kelli Ryan and Lucy Truman, a citizen of the United Kingdom, have been together for a decade and legally married in the Uni...

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Democrats Try To Overturn Supreme Court's Anti-Consumer Rulings

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, John Cornyn, US Supreme Court, Video, Victor Schwartz, Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Blumenthal, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Michael McConnell, Scotus, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Hank Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Al Franken, Consumers, Cellphones, Democrats, Arbitration, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It's not abortion or affirmative action -- or, for that matter, campaign finance -- but a series of recent cases on arbitration has shar...

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Labor Advocates Won't Let Up Against Jobless Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, indeed.com, Video, Fair Employment Act 2011, Unemployment, Richard Blumenthal, Unemployment Rate, Sherrod Brown, Careerbuilder, Rosa DeLauro, Monster.com, Kirsten Gillibrand, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- For the past several months one labor advocacy group has continuously hammered companies that list job postings discriminating against t...

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The NBA Lockout, Congress and Senator Herb Kohl

Brian Frederick | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Senator Herb Kohl, Richard Blumenthal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Nba Lockout, David Stern, Milwaukee Bucks, Herb Kohl, New Orleans Hornets, Senator Al Franken, Nba, Sports News

Only Congress can force owners to explain why their own profits should trump the massive public investment we've made in the game. But when Congress is made up of an NBA owner and at least 244 other millionaires, don't hold your breath.

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Worker Activists Deliver Petitions Against Jobless Discrimination To Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Labor Advocates, indeed.com, Rose Delauro, Unemployment, Richard Blumenthal, Usaction, Hank Johnson, Hiring Practices, Careerbuilder, Progressives, Unemployment Discrimintion, Activists, Credo Action, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Labor advocates delivered 250,000 petitions in support of an initiative to ban hiring discrimination against the jobless on Wednesday, h...

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Ex-Wrestling Executive Linda McMahon Launches Senate Campaign

AP | By SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Linda McMahon Senate Race, U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal, Linda McMahon Connecticut Senate, World Wrestling Entertainment, Elections 2012, Joe Lieberman, Christopher Shays, Connecticut Senate, Linda McMahon, Politics News

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP/The Huffington Post) -- Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon has made it official, announcing her plans to seek for a secon...

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Who's Afraid To Hire The Unemployed?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Recruitment Agencies, Cracker Barrel, Unemployment, Golden Corral, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, Hank Johnson, Economy, Rosa DeLauro, 112th Congress, Kirsten Gillibrand, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Job advertisements that require applicants to be "currently employed" are easy to find online. Yet attempts to trace the origins of such...

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Congressional Democrats Press Support For Corporate Disclosure Post-Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Transparency, Richard Blumenthal, Corporations, Shareholder Protection Act, Bob Menendez, Elections 2012, Anna Eshoo, 112th Congress, Michael Capuano, Citizens United, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats are stepping up support for transparency in corporate political spending ahead of the 2012 elections. On Wedn...

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New Bill Could Make Secret Location Tracking Illegal

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011, Smartphone Location Tracking, Richard Blumenthal, Location Privacy Bill, Location Tracking Bill, Location Tracking, Al Franken, Location Privacy Protection Act, Technology News

Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced on Wednesday legislation that takes aim at location-aware devices and apps a...

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Senate Dems Renew Push For DREAM Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: John Cornyn, Immigration Reform, John McCain, Undocumented Immigrants, Richard Blumenthal, DREAM Act, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Immigration, Dream, Lindsey Graham, Undocumented Students, Robert Menendez, Jon Kyl, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are open to pairing the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented young people to gain legal status, with to...

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Student Facing Deportation Gets To Stay In Connecticut

AP | By MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Capitol Community College, Immigration, Richard Blumenthal, Mariano Cardoso, Deportation, College News

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Mexican college student who won allies in Connecticut's governor and two U.S. senators as he fought a deportation order will be a...

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But Enough About Kenya -- Where'd Mike Huckabee Grow Up?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

When Mike was ten, Rock Hudson famously married Gomer. The two men raised young Mike as their son until he went off to apprentice with Floyd the barber, another Mayberry icon.

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Education and Women's Health Care: Investments in the Future We Can't Afford to Cut

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Aid, Rosa DeLauro, Wesleyan University, Planned Parenthood, Richard Blumenthal, Pell Grants, Politics News

This past weekend Wesleyan University was visited by two of leaders in Washington, Although their topics seemed very different, by the end of the weekend I began to think they were in fact closely intertwined.

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GOP Budget Wars on Reproductive Health

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Richard Blumenthal, Economy, Reproductive Rights, Economic Crisis, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Gop, Reproductive Health, Democrats, Kirsten Gillibrand, Eric Cantor, Federal Budget, Republicans, Rape, Forcible Rape, Redefining Rape, Politics News

The GOP's mantra has long been that there is too much government involvement in our lives. So how do they square that with telling a woman who has been raped that maybe her rape just wasn't violent enough to warrant an abortion?

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Stand With EMILY's List Against Radical GOP Agenda

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Richard Blumenthal, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

Far from creating jobs, the bills Republicans have brought to the floor of the House are focused on an entirely different agenda: taking away health care and opportunities for women and their families.

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Urgent Call to Action: GOP House Pushing Anti-Woman Agenda

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: hr3, Senator Gillibrand, Choice, Stupak Amendment, Richard Blumenthal, Abortion Rights, Politics News

Just two weeks into the new Congress, it appears Republicans in the House are already seeking to end the spirit of cooperation.

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Linda McMahon vs. Joe Lieberman? Losing Candidate Hints At Future Run

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linda McMahon, 2012 Election, Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Senate Race, Eat the Press, Richard Blumenthal, Politics News

It's been over a week since Connecticut voters did what everyone expected them to do and made Richard Blumenthal their next Senator. But chances are, ...

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How NOT to Answer a Question

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Q&A, Richard Blumenthal, Linda McMahon, Richard Blumenthal Vietnam, Politics News

During the hotly-contested campaign for the U.S. Senate seat for Connecticut, Democratic Attorney General Dick Blumenthal met Republican candidate Lin...

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Gun Violence Victims Deserve "Do Something" Congress

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

If there is one thing the new Congress and President Obama ought to agree on, it's that gun violence victims deserve their support, their leadership, and their determination.

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Too Few Ballots for Too Many Voters

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Malloy, Congressman, Provisional Ballot, Tom Mccarthy, Bridgeport, Jim Himes, Ct Secretary of State, Wwe, Ct, President Obama, Connecticut, City Council, Wwe Smack Down, Reverse 911, Richard Blumenthal, Dan Debicella, Mayor Bill Finch, Politics News

The final results for federal, state and local offices were held up by a major problem in Bridgeport, Connecticut of too few ballots for too many voters.

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