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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) applauded the bipartisan passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, an omnibus spending measure that appropriates government funding for Fiscal Year 2014, by a vote of 359 to 67. The bipartisan coalition included 193 Democrats and 166 Republicans supporting the legislation, with 3 Democrats and 64 Republicans opposing it.
Hartford—Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen highlighted the need to extend tax relief for forgiven mortgage debt. The tax provision, which allowed taxpayers to exclude “income” from mortgage modifications, short sales, and foreclosures from being subject to federal income taxes, expired at the end of last year. The provision was originally enacted in 2007, and was one of 55 tax provisions that the Republican-led House of Representatives allowed to expire last month.
WASHINGTON, DC –Congressman Joe Courtney today announced that, since the beginning of 2013, his office has helped return $1,587,211 to eastern Connecticut citizens who were owed Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, tax refunds and other payments from the federal government. Since Courtney's arrival in Congress in 2007, his casework staff has helped thousands of constituents cut through bureaucratic red tape.
WASHINGTON—Following passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act in December, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) lent his support to two pieces of legislation that will repeal changes to the military retirement system made in that original bill. While passage of a comprehensive, bipartisan budget agreement was an important victory for the economy, it included a provision that would reduce future military retirement benefit cost-of-living adjustments for working age retirees – a provision that Congressman Courtney opposes.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the agency will revise proposed rules and provide an additional comment period to accommodate additional further from farmers.
Washington--Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) released the following statement on the announcement of the end of the lockout at L+M Hospital in New London:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney and the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, by a vote of 350 to 69. The bill supports continued two-a-year production of Virginia Class Submarines, ongoing development of the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP) and denies a request for a new base closing round. Among its provisions, the bill fully invests in programs critical to Connecticut’s defense industry.