State lawmakers in Democrat-dominated Connecticut raised income taxes on the wealthy and borrowed more than $1 billion to balance their budget this week.

While a minority Republican legislator spoke on the floor late into the night yesterday, what were his Democrat colleagues doing?

Playing solitaire on their computers:

And watching baseball over the Internet:

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Commenter Chapoutier identifies the Democrat slackers: “Using a little detective work and a seating chart, the woman is [State Democrat Rep. Barbara] Lambert. That would make the person to her left [State Democrat Rep. Jack] Hennessy, and the unshown person two rows behind watching baseball likely [State Democrat Rep. Russ] Morin.

Hennessy is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Connecticut legislature.