Rep. Jeff Crank, the freshman Republican representing the area around Colorado Springs, easily won the 2024 election in a district that is very friendly to Republicans.
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Evans Doesn’t Deliver on Promise to Grill ICE at House Hearing
At a U.S. House hearing today on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans tried to shift the blame from immigration agents to “sanctuary cities” for the violence between federal law enforcement and communities.
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Why Wasn’t Gabe Evans on the List of Vulnerable Republicans Who Voted for the Obamacare Funds?
House Republicans in vulnerable districts find themselves in a difficult position when it comes to their stance on healthcare access. President Donald Trump has an approval rating of 36%, the lowest of his second term, according to Gallup, and election watchers expect a referendum on the party in power in the midterms. Healthcare access relates to a central issue in the midterms — affordability — that political experts say Republicans can’t afford to neglect. But if Republicans stray too far from the president, they risk losing his support and alienating their base during the primaries.
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Evans Will Fight for his Political Life Next Election, With Expected Referendum on Trump, Say Experts
Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans, a freshman Republican running for reelection next year, faces an extremely tough race as one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress, election experts tell the Colorado Times Recorder.
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Newly Elected Republicans Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans Cough Up $2,000 Each To Join Swanky Washington DC Social Club
On a chilly November afternoon, a well-coiffed woman at the entrance of the tony Capitol Hill Club, called out to another woman wearing a pink pea coat, “Stay out of trouble and have fun!”
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No Colorado Republicans in Congress Sign Petition To Force Vote On Obamacare Funding
None of Colorado’s four Republican members of Congress has signed a petition, launched by House Democrats, to force a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which would prevent tens of thousands of Coloradans from losing their health insurance.
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Are Offices of Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Open During Gov’t Shutdown?
As the government shutdown drags on, the Colorado Times Recorder reached out to U.S. senators and House members representing Coloradans to find out whether their offices are still open, their staff are at work, and how often they’ve come to their D.C. offices since the shutdown began.
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In House Hearing, Evans Opposes Colorado’s Energy Efficiency Standards
Members of Congress met to talk about energy efficiency standards this week but at times it felt more like a debate about who is to blame for the current state of the economy as consumers face higher electricity bills and other financial pressures.
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Congressman: Is It a Problem That Masked People Are Falsely Identifying Themselves as ICE Agents? Trump Official: ‘For Whom?’
WASHINGTON – House Democrats grilled Joseph Cuffari, inspector general at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on the treatment of migrant children during a House committee on oversight and government reform hearing on Wednesday, asking Cuffari whether DHS has a policy on DNA collection from minors and about the legal implications of masked ICE officers detaining people without identifying themselves.
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Evans Won’t Name the Farmers Who’ve Told Him They’re Worried About Unfair Trade. Hickenlooper Wants to Meet Them
After citing comments from local farmers to bolster his arguments in favor of the Trump administration’s tariffs, a Colorado congressman would not provide any further information about the farmers he was referring to.