Lamont, top lawmakers make progress streamlining emergency orders issued during pandemic Gov. Ned Lamont Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders from both parties on Thursday took a step toward streamlining the hundreds of policies the governor imposed via executive order during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. But it remained unclear whether the two parties will find common ground when it comes to the extent of the governor’s emergency powers during future crises. “I believe there was a willingness and a cooperative spirit among the four caucuses to work,” Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, said following a teleconference meeting between legislative leaders and the governor Thursday afternoon.