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Much is being made this week, and rightly so, of the remarkable rise of young Art Linares to the State Senate. If, as CT GOP chair Jerry Labriola has asserted, Latino voters and the GOP are closely aligned on social issues, it may be that Art Linares does indeed represent an “emerging Latino political wave.” [...]

FIC ACTION COMMITTEE For those not on our email list, the following is the third round of endorsements made by the FIC Action Committee. More endorsements may be made. Many factors went into our endorsements, including candidate questionnaires, voting record, viability, and leadership on key pro-family issues. We are endorsing candidates for General Assembly in [...]

On October 18th our friends at the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference emailed this statement from Hartford Archbishop Henry Mansell in response to Vice-President Biden’s erroneous statements about the HHS Mandate: In this month’s issue of The Catholic Transcript I wrote about how in these days in our country, we are coming to realize how [...]

Remember the 2008 Constitutional Convention Question? The poll showing 65% of Connecticut voters want direct initiative? The $800,000 smear campaign by teachers unions and same-sex “marriage” activists to prevent your right to vote? Tom Foley does. His think tank, the Connecticut Policy Institute, has just put out a policy paper reviewing that unfortunate history and [...]

In the matter of President Obama’s attempt to force Catholic institutions to provide and pay for abortifacients, contraceptives and sterilizations, Family Institute of Connecticut Action has focused on the policy implications, not the politics, of the federal government issuing a mandate forcing people to violate their religious beliefs. (You can view our campaign to win [...]

The Hartford Courant has a good piece today on how far the CT GOP has come since its liberal nadir in 2005. My quick reactions: Democrats blame total GOP opposition to the Bathroom Bill on…the Tea Party? Is it because: a) they fear the Tea Party more or b) they think the Tea Party is [...]

The same party that passed the radical Bathroom Bill–which was opposed by several Democrats and every Republican–is now denouncing others as “extremist.” Read all about it here.

Last week we told you that confirmation votes like Judge Lubbie Harper’s “are usually rubber-stamp affairs” and that “even a higher-than-normal ‘no’ vote on Harper’s confirmation” would send a message. That is what FIC Action just accomplished today. As expected, Judge Harper was confirmed by the legislature. But a careful observer can gauge the progress [...]

“This is our victory; a joint victory!” — Len Suzio to FIC Action Committee, Election Night, 2011 “This is the big one,” was how we described Len Suzio’s race to you on Election Eve. While our other two endorsed candidates lost their special elections, last night we won the big one! Len Suzio is the [...]

Family Institute of Connecticut Action Committee was formed to support pro-family candidates for state office. We have endorsed three candidates in tomorrow’s (Tuesday, February 22nd) special elections to fill seats vacated by anti-family legislators who either went to work for Governor Malloy or were arrested. If we have a home or business address for you, [...]