Hundreds of concerned community members, along with state lawmakers and disability rights activists, rallied in front of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-CO) Denver office today to protest the GOP bill to replace Obamacare.
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Citing sick child in England, Gardner remains committed to Obamacare replacement; sees progress on Senate bill
Citing an English child with a rare degenerative brain disease, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) remains committed to repealing and replacing Obamacare, and he’s “been told” the U.S. Senate has made progress toward writing viable legislation.
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Is Gardner trying to shirk responsibility for calling the police on protesters with disabilities at his office?
Last Thursday, after a health care sit-in that lasted nearly sixty hours, nine disability rights activists with the Denver-born organization ADAPT, many of whom are in wheelchairs, were arrested at the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO).
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Gardner promoted as “CONFIRMED” to appear at giant conservative summit
The Centennial Institute’s “Western Conservative Summit” bills itself as the “largest gathering of conservatives outside of Washington, D.C.,” drawing thousands from across the country. Trump even spoke there last year.
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Activist groups speak out following arrests of people with disabilities protesting at Gardner’s office
Following Thursday’s arrest of ten disability rights activists who were protesting the GOP health care bill at the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), leading Colorado activist groups spoke out in condemnation of Gardner’s refusal to engage with constituents and his party’s plan to strip health insurance from millions of Americans.
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Brauchler calls on Republicans to pass health care bill, even if it’s not “perfect”
Colorado gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler weighed into the contentious debate about health care today, telling a conservative talk radio host that he’d “like to see them not let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and get something done here.”
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ADF attorney summarizes timeline and arguments to SCOTUS in Masterpiece Cakeshop baker
Colorado has become a focal point in the national legal battle which pits public accommodation laws against religious freedom protections, with yesterday’s announcement that the U.S. Supreme court had agreed to hear arguments in the case of Jack Phillips, proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, who refused to serve a gay couple seeking a wedding cake for their same sex marriage celebration.
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WATCH: Bennet talks health care on floor of U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about the Republican health care bill. Watch here:
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A baker, who discriminated against a gay couple, is very happy that U.S. Supreme Court will hear his case, lawyer says
Since 2012, conservative talk-radio hosts and lawmakers in Colorado have wrapped their loving arms around a baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple.
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Planned Parenthood Fights Obamacare Replacement Legislation
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) denounced the GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill this week, including the legislation’s provision to cut funds for Planned Parenthood itself.