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US Senate has only had 11 Black senators in its 232-year history

US Senate has only had 11 Black senators in its 232-year history
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1/26/2021
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Congress set a new diversity record this year with its highest-ever number of women and racial minorities, including 60 Black lawmakers.
People of color have historically had a tougher time getting elected to the Senate. Newly elected Raphael Warnock is only the 11th Black US senator since the Senate convened for the first time in 1789. Only two of those have been women. And with the departure of Kamala Harris, the number of Black female US senators is now at zero.
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Voters in urban congressional districts tend to be more diverse and politically progressive, driving the higher number of minorities in the House. But that has had little effect on the number of Black senators. ....

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Lamont's budget address | Republican-American

Governor Ned Lamont’s full budget address on Wednesday was as follows:
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator Kelly, Representative Candelora, members of the General Assembly, Lt. Governor Bysiewicz and the people of the great State of Connecticut.
As your governor, one of my top priorities has been to get Connecticut’s fiscal house in order. My first stop two years ago was the state’s budget. For decades, Connecticut was defined by one fiscal crisis after another, which is why when I spoke to you at my first budget address, I challenged us to pass an honestly balanced budget on time. ....

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Read: Gov. Lamont's budget address for the upcoming fiscal year

Governor Ned Lamont gave a biennial budget address for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
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FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2020 file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont delivers the State of the State address at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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Updated: 12:01 PM EST February 10, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator Kelly, Representative Candelora, members of the General Assembly, Lt. Governor Bysiewicz and the people of the great State of Connecticut.
As your governor, one of my top priorities has been to get Connecticut’s fiscal house in order. My first stop two years ago was the state’s budget. For decades, Connecticut was defined by one fiscal crisis after another. Which is why when I spoke to you at my first budget address, I challenged us to pass an honestly balanced budget on time. ....

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READ THE FULL TEXT: Governor Lamont's Budget Address

Connecticut’s Comeback
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator Kelly, Representative Candelora, members of the General Assembly, Lt. Governor Bysiewicz and the people of the great State of Connecticut.
As your governor, one of my top priorities has been to get Connecticut’s fiscal house in order. My first stop two years ago was the state’s budget. For decades, Connecticut was defined by one fiscal crisis after another. Which is why when I spoke to you at my first budget address, I challenged us to pass an honestly balanced budget on time.
The budget we passed together, on a spring day rather than in the middle of an autumn night, resulted in a small surplus in year one and, so far so good, a bigger surplus in year two. ....

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