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U.S. House of Representatives

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Top 10 tweets attacking House speaker Frank McNulty for civil unions bill's death

    Civil unions bill supporters are blaming House speaker Frank McNulty for its death for assigning it to a so-called "kill" committee. Witness the explosion on Twitter, where the response was vitriolic even by social media standards. If there were any positive takes, we could't find them. Here are the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    New Belgium and Odell say they weren't trying to keep Breckenridge Brewery from growing

    Two of Colorado's biggest craft brewers registered some displeasure late last month over the efforts of one of their colleagues, Breckenridge Brewery, to get a bill passed that would have allowed it to significantly expand its business model in the state. The rift shows how competitive the craft be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Photos: Ten oddest Colorado town nicknames

    How to get visitors to come to your town, city or state? Last week's mascot-packed Colorado tourism rally and Greeley's new "Let's Go" ad campaign represent two recent approaches. But what about a memorable nickname? Colorful Colorado boasts a slew of very unusual ones. Check out our favorites from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Pro-Choice Lobby Day pits activists against personhood measure and more

    Today, approximately a hundred advocates of women's health took to the Capitol as part of Pro-Choice Lobby Day. The event, held in Denver annually for more than a decade, brought the Protect Families Protect Choice Coalition together with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to train supporters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Film incentives bill clears first hurdle, passes House committee

    A bill to increase Colorado's film incentives has won its first victory, passing the House Economic and Business Development Committee by a vote of nine to three. Though the victory celebration came up short when compared to the exhausted jubilation at the end of the best movie ever, Rocky, the two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Laura Bradford: In case of specially treated representative, everyone's a shmuck

    Laura Bradford.​About the only good thing that has come out of the Representative Laura Bradford mess this week was the sarcastically suggested name (on Twitter and elsewhere) for a future Capitol Hill dive bar called the "Legislative Function." Every other aspect of this situation, from the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Doug Lamborn's oil-shale move: Is he a cheap date for the energy industry?

    I know, I know. There are lots of other folks out there struggling to make ends meet, unsung worker drones subsisting on sweatshop wages. But let's face it: Doug Lamborn is underpaid. I'm not talking about his base salary of $174,000 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. That's standar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Joe Miklosi focusing on run for Congress against Mike Coffman -- not Andrew Romanoff

    Joe Miklosi.​Colorado's 6th Congressional District has been a safe Republican enclave -- the sort of place likely to elect current Representative Mike Coffman for as long as he cares to serve in Congress. But a judge recently redrew lines to make the district more competitive, thereby giving a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Wild horses: Congress honors one stallion, but state lawmakers want to thin herds

    Cloud.​Lawmakers can't make up their minds about America's wild horses. While one congressman recently introduced a resolution celebrating the birthday of a stallion made famous by a Colorado filmmaker, the state's own legislature has declared its opposition to any expansion of range for the i ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Why do Mexicans use ALL CAPS?

    Cloud.​Lawmakers can't make up their minds about America's wild horses. While one congressman recently introduced a resolution celebrating the birthday of a stallion made famous by a Colorado filmmaker, the state's own legislature has declared its opposition to any expansion of range for the i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Civil Union Act debate begins: Senator Pat Steadman says public is ready for measure

    Pat Steadman.​Today at 1:30 p.m., the senate judiciary committee and members of the public will begin discussing Senate Bill 172, the Colorado Civil Union Act, co-sponsored by Senator Pat Steadman: Read it below. Back in 2006, Colorado voters rejected a referendum that would have established m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Wild horse roundups: Embattled BLM's Robert Abbey vows to overhaul program

    ​Days after Congress slashed $2 million from the Bureau of Land Management's budget in response to public outcry over its wild horse roundups, BLM director Robert Abbey announced that the agency was "accelerating" reforms to the program, including reducing the number of mustangs removed from t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Wild horse roundups: Funding cut renews cries to end "taxpayer-funded animal abuse" (VIDEO)

    A Nevada roundup.​It's been a good week for mustang lovers. Not only did the Bureau of Land Management, in the wake of lawsuits, back off a plan to round up the entire West Douglas herd of wild horses in northwest Colorado, but the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut $2 million from BLM ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    A Nevada roundup.​It's been a good week for mustang lovers. Not only did the Bureau of Land Management, in the wake of lawsuits, back off a plan to round up the entire West Douglas herd of wild horses in northwest Colorado, but the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut $2 million from BLM ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Michael Bennet camp on how the hell he avoided being swept under by Republican tsunami

    Michael Bennet.​"There was a clear choice between Michael Bennet and Ken Buck," says Trevor Kincaid, spokesman for the Bennet campaign. "They have two very different visions for our country, and Coloradans overwhelmingly chose common sense over extreme politics." "Overwhelmingly"? That's in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Scott McInnis: No wonder he likes Arizona immigration law, since he's endorsed using race in profiling

    Scott McInnis circa 2001, when he made his pitch for using race in profiling.​AM-760 host David Sirota, posting on ColoradoPols.com, shares a timely item that helps contextualize Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis's assertion that he'd like to bring Arizona's controversial immigr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Tom Mauser, Mark Udall and the gun-show loophole: Why no deal?

    Mark Udall isn't signing on just yet.​Mark Udall seems an unlikely target for Tom Mauser's campaign to close the gun-show loophole -- the subject of full-page ads in the Denver Post and Boulder Daily Camera aimed squarely at the Colorado senator. After all, Udall's derided the loophole for at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Betsy Markey: Tea Party anger over her health-care vote didn't lead to threats, says advocate Lesley Hollywood

    This is the tongue-in-cheek illustration Lesley Hollywood uses on her Facebook page.​Representative Betsy Markey's "yes" vote on the landmark health-care bill this past weekend made her a marked woman, with both the Gun Owners of America and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Betsy Markey targeted by Gun Owners of America -- because of her health-care vote?

    "Who isn't mad at me these days?"​In the immediate aftermath of yesterday's health-care vote in the U.S. House, Republican Party types have deemed a number of representatives nationwide as being ultra-vulnerable, with Betsy Markey's name coming up as often as anyone's. One reason: Markey voted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    John Suthers declares newly passed health-care plan unconstitutional

    John Suthers doesn't like sitting on the sidelines.​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers isn't a shrinking violet. Whereas some politicians would rather avoid fights, he eagerly wades into them, fists up, ready to swing, as he's proven repeatedly in his public comments about medical marijuan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Global warming in Colorado: Changes are already happening for the worse, says National Wildlife Federation head Larry Schweiger

    "What are you guys doing to us?"​During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull's eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    UFCW Local 7 rescinds endorsement for former union exec Crisanta Duran

    "I may not have the UFCW's seal of approval -- but at least he likes me."​How bad is the blood between the current leadership of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and Crisanta Duran, former UFCW associate counsel and daughter of ex-union boss Ernie Duran? So bad that at a meeting earl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Top 10 Colorado shmucks of decade

    ​It ain't easy being a shmuck. Not as mean as an asshole, not as ignorant as a shithead, a shmuck takes idiocy to an epic level, a moron whose fall from grace has far-reaching repercussions. We've been celebrating weekly shmucks for a long, long time -- but to be named one of Colorado's top 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Scott McInnis unity platform fix is in

    Where Scott McInnis leads, all of his former rivals plan to follow.​Last Thursday, Tom Tancredo confirmed in this space that he was part of a group coming up with a unity platform Republican Scott McInnis could use against Bill Ritter in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign -- and that if all went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Betsy Markey rep just not that into talking about her "no" vote on healthcare bill

    Betsy Markey doesn't like the House's healthcare bill -- and she's not that into talking about why not, either.​Even though Diana DeGette has big problems with an amendment to the mammoth healthcare bill limiting access to abortions, she voted for the measure. Not so Betsy Markey, the only Dem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    TV host Aaron Harber on why he should be Colorado's next Secretary of State

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Shiloh Benson Tillemann-Dick’s Veep Sheet

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Q&A With Tom Tancredo

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Delegating Denver #38 of 56: North Dakota

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Delegating Denver #29 of 56: Missouri

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    A Louse in the House

    Doug Bruce stars in the newest reality TV show.

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Big Brothers

    The Ibarra brothers are watching you.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Doin' It With DeGette

    Diana DeGette gets played, not laid, on The Colbert Report.

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Off Limits

    Net change

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    The Message

    Power Up

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Off Limits

    Think big

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Internet Interruption

    Web-radio legislation gets tangled in politics.

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Mr. Stanley, We Presume

    It's ready, fire, aim for the Libertarian candidate for Senate.

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Year in Review

    2001? What 2001?

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Bombs Away

    War is fueling the star power of Colorado's -- and possibly the nation's -- ballsiest military analyst.

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Off Limits

    The smell of success

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    License Revoked

    A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    Savage Love

    A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    Law and Ardor

    A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Friendly Skies

    A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Off Limits

    A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Life of the Party

    Winning the Governor's Mansion could be a religious experience for the GOP.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Spam I Am

    A growing number of local crusaders log on to the fight against electronic junk mail.

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Sticking Point

    Step right up and get your gen-u-wine Ben Nighthorse knife!

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    THE SNIT HITS THE FAN

    WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE CALLS BY PAT SCHROEDER FOR INVESTIGATIONS? NOT A WHOLE LOT.

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