John, theConnecticut General Assembly’s 2021 legislative session has
officially come to a close — but it’s actually not over just yet!

A special legislative session will be held within the coming days
where CT House Speaker Matt Ritter says that the House will pass
a bill legalizing recreational marijuana.

This is historic, and all of us here at the Connecticut
Democratic Party are proud of what our state’s Democratic
lawmakers have accomplished this year under Governor Lamont’s
leadership and with our House and Senate majorities.

In a moment, I’d like to discuss some of these incredible
legislative accomplishments, but first I have to ask: will you
chip in
$20
to help Connecticut Democrats protect our majorities in the
upcoming midterm elections? (
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Here’s just a sample of what Democrats achieved this year — we’ll
discuss more of these items in the days and weeks ahead.

First, the General Assembly passed an unprecedented new budget
which, for the first time ever, includes a $2.3 billion surplus
built in. This budget includes no tax increases — it actually
cuts taxes for the middle class and working poor — and it fully
funds cities and towns, expands health care coverage and funding
for child care, day care, and schools.

After a year of historic demonstrations, rallies, marches, and
protests against systemic racism, Connecticut lawmakers declared
racism a public health crisis and voted to create a commission on
racial equity in public health and to improve data collection on
race in health care.

Through passing a new “baby bonds” law, Connecticut will give
$3,200 bonds to every child born into poverty in our state which
will break generational poverty and advance racial equity and
long-term economic growth.

Under the Affordable Care Act, young people can stay on their
parent’s health insurance until the age of 26 — now, dependents
in Connecticut will also be able to receive dental and vision
coverage through the same age.

The state legislature also took decisive action on criminal
justice reform, passing legislation to end prison gerrymandering
and a new “clean slate” bill to automatically expunge the records
of people convicted of misdemeanors and less serious felonies
after seven or 10 years without committing another crime.

Connecticut was the most expensive state in the country for
prison phone calls — now, Connecticut is the first state in the
country to allow free phone calls between incarcerated people and
their loved ones.

John, GovernorLamont is leading the Connecticut Comeback, and this is just
scratching the surface. If you can, please chip in
$20
to help the Connecticut Democratic Party continue protecting our
majorities in the upcoming midterms to ensure that this progress
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Thank you for supporting Connecticut Democrats!

Nancy DiNardo

CT Democratic Party Chair
CT Democratic Party
750 Main Street Suite
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Hartford, CT 06103
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