
Lisa Hagen
Federal policy reporterLisa Hagen is CT Public and CT Mirror’s shared Federal Policy Reporter. Based in Washington, D.C., she focuses on the impact of federal policy in Connecticut and covers the state’s congressional delegation. Lisa previously covered national politics and campaigns for U.S. News & World Report, The Hill and National Journal’s Hotline.
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KOSA still faces criticism and uncertain prospects in the House.
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Thursday’s procedural vote is the first step in a long road for the bipartisan legislation to become law.
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Facing questions over his leadership during a politically fraught time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, D.C. to first speak at the late U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman’s memorial service and then address Congress.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be a "great nominee for our party, an extraordinary president,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. “I was proud to endorse her.”
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Some key Democrats, including Gov. Ned Lamont, did not immediately endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
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As the Republican National Convention wraps up, Connecticut Democrats are seeking to put a spotlight on “Project 2025” — a wide-ranging conservative presidential transition plan that they say would threaten American democracy.
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Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut hold a major fundraising advantage months before an unpredictable election this fall as outside spending picks up in the state’s most competitive race for the 5th Congressional District. Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes outraised Republican candidate George Logan between the months of April and June.
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Connecticut is one of the northeastern states where the Trump era has been problematic for down-ballot Republicans, but delegates and guests from Biden states insisted intra-party differences disappeared Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Gov. Ned Lamont said he and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes were “very simpatico” in their views of whether President Biden should exit the presidential race.
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Himes, D-4th District, became the first Connecticut lawmaker to call on the president to abandon his reelection bid.