2024 CT Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Connecticut General Assembly in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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SB248 establishes the Connecticut-Ireland Trade Commission to “advance bilateral trade and investment,” “initiate joint action on policy issues,” and “encourage mutual economic support.” The Senate passed SB248 on April 17, 2024, by a vote of 36 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because this trade commission between Connecticut and Ireland undermines state and national sovereignty. Supported by the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and the Ireland-Connecticut Business Council, it serves as a sub-federal forum for globalists to push for a supra-national “free trade” agreement between the United States and the European Union. “Free trade” necessitates “open borders,” which is why Article I of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations” and specifies that “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with … a foreign Power.” The potential for political and economic integration involving the U.S. and the EU threatens to end American liberty and independence—the penultimate step to building a totalitarian one-world state. The Constitution was written to secure the interests of “ourselves and our Posterity,” so the people of Connecticut must demand that lawmakers uphold it by pursing a policy of America First.
SB356 would allow towns to pay salaries and provide compensation to school board members.
The Senate passed SB356 on April 30, 2024, by a vote of 24 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the nays because state and local boards of education should be terminated, not compensated. Education is not the role of government—it is the responsibility of a child’s parents or family. Schools can and should be privatized, without the support of public funds. The best “school choice,” by far, is for parents to choose not to place their child’s education in the hands of the power-hungry school board members or bureaucrats. Educational and economic freedom cannot be achieved by forcing other citizens to furnish their hard-earned tax dollars to fund all that now entails a compulsory, failing, and government-run K-12 school system.
SB5 expands eligibility for the Care 4 Kids program to Medicaid recipients. The Senate passed SB5 on May 2, 2024, by a vote of 36 to 0. We have assigned pluses to the nays because subsidizing child care for “low-income” families is not the legitimate object of government. The Care 4 Kids program, as with all other forms of public assistance, relies on immoral, anti-constitutional, and discriminatory forms of taxation (e.g., income and property taxes) that provide “benefits” to “eligible” persons, who have little or no tax liability, at the expense of others. The reality is that “cradle-to-grave” or “nanny-state” policies result in more debt, dependency, and poverty. Moreover, Medicaid is unauthorized according to Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.
HB5523 allocates approximately $373 million in remaining federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for various purposes in fiscal year 2025.
The Senate passed HB5523 on May 7, 2024, by a vote of 26 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill is effectively a “budget in disguise.” It uses leftover federal COVID-19 stimulus money returned by state agencies to circumvent the spending cap in the biennial budget. The General Assembly has absolutely no business coercing taxpayers into furnishing proliferate amounts of unconstitutional federal money to spend on “pork-barrel” state and local projects that exist entirely outside the limited purpose and scope of government. Legislators in Connecticut should rein in big government at every level by cutting reckless, out-of-control spending.
HB5239 apportions up to $100,000 in grants annually for nonprofit organizations to help students “without legal immigration status” apply for financial aid.
The Senate passed HB5239 on May 8, 2024, by a vote of 36 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because illegal aliens ought not to have sanctuary or residency in Connecticut, let alone be permitted to attend institutions of higher education and receive taxpayer-funded assistance in seeking student financial aid. Rather than pursue blatantly anti-American policies that undermine the rule of law and erode the value of citizenship, Connecticut should use its sovereign powers reserved under the 10th Amendment to stop illegal migration and provide for the public safety.
HB5003 streamlines cross-enrollment of children in federal and state “food and nutrition” assistance programs.
The Senate passed HB5003 on May 8, 2024, by a vote of 36 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because the responsibility for feeding children belongs to parents or family members, not the government. There exists no “right to food” apart from a person working and earning it themselves or having received it privately and voluntarily from someone else. Taxation in the name of “social welfare” is neither just nor charitable. Nothing in Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution authorizes either the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
