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GOP’s ‘Grim Reaper’ Buries Colorado Lawmakers’ Bills in Congressional Graveyard
In Washington D.C., dozens of proposed laws are withering in a “legislative graveyard” built and tended to by the “grim reaper” — a name given to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and one that he takes pride in.
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Campaign to Ban Later Abortion Care in Colorado Has Important Deadline Tomorrow
Tomorrow we’ll know whether the ballot initiative campaign to ban abortions at 22 weeks was successful in gathering enough signatures to put the question to Colorado voters in November.
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Colorado’s Congressional Dems Denounce Trump Program to Cut Health Program for Poor–While GOP Mostly Mum
Through an executive action called “Healthy Adult Opportunity,” the Trump Administration is poised to overhaul the fundamentals of Medicaid, a state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, putting the elderly, children, and other poor people at risk of losing coverage or benefits.
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“Democrats Are Anti-Christian,” Says Colorado Republican Lawmaker
A Colorado Springs Republican lawmaker is standing behind his radio comment that his House Democratic colleagues are “anti-Christian,” saying they attack “family values.”
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Candidate Q&A: Brianna Titone Seeks Reelection in Arvada House District 27
Democrat Brianna Titone is seeking reelection to the Colorado House of Representatives’ 27th district, which encompasses Arvada and slivers of Wheat Ridge and Golden. Titone faces a challenge from Republican Vicki Pyne, whom she defeated by just 439 votes in the 2018 election.
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On the Coronavirus, Cory Gardner’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match His Record
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner said this morning that he doesn’t want people to play politics with the coronavirus outbreak. He did so while ignoring the massive public health budget cuts in recent years and his own history of using the Ebola outbreak for political gain.
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Records Show Over Half the Kids at Some Colorado Schools Aren’t Vaccinated
If you’ve been following the effort at Colorado’s Capitol to make it more difficult for parents to opt their kids out of school immunization requirements, you’re likely aware that the state has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation.
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Colorado Conservatives Thrilled That Cory Gardner Isn’t a Susan Collins-Type Republican
Yesterday, Colorado’s Cory Gardner, who’s one of the most vulnerable senators in November’s election, voted for two anti-abortion bills.
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Cory Gardner Again Votes for Partial Abortion Ban
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner voted today for two anti-choice bills, one to partially ban abortion, the other requiring doctors to save the life of a baby born alive after an abortion. Both bills failed to pass in the U.S. Senate.