The state legislature is in special session today, but the action had still not yet on the Senate or House floors as the clock moved toward 4 p.m.
Lawmakers are trying to work out a fix to the landmark campaign finance law after a federal judge ruled portions of the law was unconstitutional. One of the key provisions is the trigger mechanism, which was designed to award more public money to qualified candidates if a millionaire opponent spent above a certain limit. As such, the publicly funded candidate would have a better chance to compete against the better-funded millionaire.
"Anything with a trigger is complicated in this legislature - whether it's the NRA or campaign finance reform,'' said state Rep. Stephen Dargan, a veteran West Haven Democrat with nearly 20 years at the Capitol.
Dargan voted in favor of the landmark law, but he still had some reservations.
"I wasn't overly enthusiastic, but they thought it would clean up the election,'' Dargan told Capitol Watch.