Back in 2015, before conservatives were removed from the Jeffco School Board, the Independence Institute’s Dave Kopel made the memorable observation that school board member Julie Williams got the “rest of the board into trouble with a lot of foolish, barely thought-out ideas she has expressed inappropriately.”
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About five minutes allocated for questions at Gardner town hall
A much anticipated “town hall” meeting with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and other politicians, scheduled to take place in Durango tomorrow, may include just five minutes for questions from constituents, according to one of the event moderators, La Plata County Commissioner Brad Blake.
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Buck “very happy” and “feeling emboldened” even though Republican Party is “dead”
Despite his belief that the Republican Party is “dead” and its soul “has rotted,” U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) loves his job as Congressman.
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Gardner again undecided on latest proposal to blow up Obamacare
After first being undecided and then voting for three GOP proposals to kill Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) says he has yet to figure out whether he’s supportive of the latest Republican healthcare proposal, put forth by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), which would, among other things, end Obamacare’s Medicaid subsidies and, instead, block grant most of Medicaid expansion funds to the states.
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Here are two Colorado Republicans who are really angry at the GOP failure on healthcare
Anil Mathai, the Chair of the Adams County Republican Party, has been voicing his frustration and anger over the failure of Republicans to kill Obamacare.
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Trump tweet inspires some to attack transgender people on Facebook
Some Colorado Republicans posted bigoted, mocking, and hateful messages on Facebook this week in response to Trump’s tweet saying he’ll ban transgender people from the U.S. military.
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Gardner says he’s undecided on “skinny” Obamacare repeal, but he says he won’t vote for “single-payer plan”
Asked by KHOW radio-host Ross Kaminsky today if there were “something that might come up” in the U.S. Senate” that would make him vote against healthcare reform, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) delivered a strange answer: the “single-payer plan.”
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Is Gardner divulging his healthcare stance in his private meetings?
In public venues and sporadic interviews with reporters, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) still isn’t saying publicly how he’ll vote on legislation repealing Obamacare–or even what amendments or elements of a bill he favors.
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Gardner has yet to answer his own questions about repealing Obamacare
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is now undecided on whether he’d support GOP legislation to repeal Obamacare without replacing it first, but he thinks the U.S. Senate should vote on an Obamacare measure, even if it’s likely to lose.
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GOP-backed group fights court ruling that it must pay fines and disclose donors
It’s been three months since a Denver judge ordered Colorado Pioneer Action (CPA), a political committee run by former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO), to pay a $17,735 fine for violating campaign finance laws and to register formally as a political committee, requiring CPA to disclose its donors.