Connecticut House Speaker Matt Ritter (D) “said he has spoken to his colleagues about excessive drinking at the state Capitol complex following a Democratic lawmaker’s obvious impairment during a debate on the House floor last week,” the Hartford Courant reports.
“With the Capitol complex largely empty due to pandemic restrictions and legislators left with long stretches of free time, alcohol consumption has become an issue this session.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.