Connecticut's five U.S. Representatives stood with their Democratic colleagues and four Republicans Tuesday in rebuking President Donald Trump for his Twitter attacks against a group of minority congresswomen who have become known as "The Squad."

Now what?

Today we look at what the House resolution, approved on a  240-187 vote, means for an increasingly divided Democratic Party, Trump's base of support, the 2020 presidential election, and race relations in a country undergoing seismic demographic changes.

Here in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont this week found new allies--his counterparts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island--in his bid for highway tolls. He's also dangling a new deal before state lawmakers to draw them back to Hartford this year to vote on a toll plan. Will they bite?

And it looks like more hot days are ahead for Hartford. A new study warns the city could see as many as 44 days a year of summer temperatures above 90 degrees by 2050. 

Connecticut's five U.S. Representatives stood with their Democratic colleagues and four Republicans Tuesday in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-again-at-minority-lawmakers-as-house-prepares-to-condemn-his-racist-tweets/2019/07/16/bca3afa4-a7b3-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html?utm_term=.03a307a4f811">rebuking President Donald Trump</a> for his <a href="https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ct-delegation-responds-trump-racist-tweet-congresswomen-20190715-yxzq3ctn4fgnnbawrrpoqnxnqu-story.html">Twitter attacks</a> against a group of minority congresswomen who have become known as "The Squad."
Now what?
Today we look at what the House resolution, approved on a&nbsp; 240-187 vote, means for an increasingly divided Democratic Party, Trump's base of support, the 2020 presidential election, and race relations in a country undergoing seismic demographic changes.
Here in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont this week found <a href="https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-lamont-three-governors-ecsu-20190716-xubbj2i5z5ecrb3ukd5wwt7t54-story.html">new allies</a>--his counterparts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island--in his bid for highway tolls. He's also dangling&nbsp;<a href="https://ctmirror.org/2019/07/15/lamont-would-ease-debt-diet-in-final-push-for-tolls/">a new deal</a>&nbsp;before state lawmakers to draw them back to Hartford this year to vote on a toll plan. Will they bite?
And it looks like more hot days are ahead for Hartford. A new study <a href="https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-killer-heat-climate-change-report-20190716-ourws3scpzdbtia23nqmdl24v4-story.html">warns the city</a> could see as many as 44 days a year of summer temperatures above 90 degrees by 2050.&nbsp;

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