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Rep. Jack Hennessy Apologizes For Playing Solitaire at State
Capitol During Late-Night Budget Debate  | | Comments (21)  Rep.
Jack Hennessy, a Bridgeport Democrat, has had his picture
displayed around the Internet as one of two Connecticut
legislators playing solitaire during a state budget debate.  The
incident occurred August 31 in the historic Hall of the House in
Hartford as House Republican leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk was
delivering a lengthy speech on the two-year, $37.6 billion
budget.  The picture, by Associated Press photographer Jessica
Hill, shows the back of Hennessy's head, along with Rep. Barbara
Lambert, a Milford Democrat, who was sitting next to him.  In a
letter to Bridgeport residents, Hennessy apologized as follows:
"It was certainly bad judgment for me to play a computer game
even for just a few minutes during the final House session on
the budget. I am embarrassed, and I apologize to each and every
person in the North End