Social programs such as health insurance and benefits for the unemployed have been much in the news this year amid the threat of filibuster and flat-out obstruction by Republicans and their special interest friends.At times like these it's good to remember the men and women of labor in post WW II New Britain who organized … Continue reading UAW’s Tony Bracha Fondly Remembered in Courant "Extraordinary Lives" story
Month: April 2010
Dodd: If You Have The Right To A Lawyer, You Should Have The Right To A Doctor
Since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Chris Dodd, the senior Connecticut senator not seeking re-election, has been talking up the legislation as a landmark law that honors the memory of his late colleague, Ted Kennedy. He did so repeatedly in Connecticut this … Continue reading Dodd: If You Have The Right To A Lawyer, You Should Have The Right To A Doctor