New Members Welcomed to Capitol Hill
WAS2000111503 - 15 NOVEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON D.C. USA: New Congressman Rob Simmons (R-CT) is welcomed at a meeting for new members in Washington, DC, November 15, 2000. rlw/xg/Xeriqua Garfinkel UPI
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The fight to succeed U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has become a knock-down-drag-out among Republicans ahead of Tuesday's primary.
HARTFORD, Conn., May 26 (UPI) -- Former U.S. congressman Rob Simmons, once thought the likely Republican candidate in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, said he was suspending his campaign.
PHILADELPHIA, April 4 (UPI) -- The company that manages a student housing complex in Philadelphia blames a "rogue employee" for an anti-Semitic line inserted in an April Fool's Day poem.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. federal elections watchdog said it recently settled seven enforcement matters, four with civil penalties totaling $100,100.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Republican Congressman Chris Shays claimed re-election Tuesday night in Connecticut, while a Democrat defeated veteran Nancy Johnson.
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to spend nearly $33 billion to bolster security along the border with Mexico.
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- Democrats have purchased newspaper ads in the home districts of six Republican U.S. House members, trying to link them to allegations of ethical improprieties.
WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- The largest federal union is supporting a bill to keep the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from hiring private contractors to collect taxes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Former Norwich, Conn., Alderman James Sullivan, a Democrat, announced his bid for Connecticut's GOP-held second district congressional seat.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- In the Connecticut 2nd Congressional District race, Republican incumbent Rob Simmons has 38,808 votes while Democratic challenger Joe Courtney has 32,006 votes. The Connecticut Secretary of State's office says that's with 30 precincts reporting, or 59 per
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