Health care advocates sounded the alarm today about potential budget shortfalls for Colorado’s Medicaid program, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income residents.
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Gardner Condemns China for ‘Obscuring’ Virus Data But Is Silent on Similar Trump Actions
WASHINGTON— Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner leveled a series of accusations against China during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday. At one point, he condemned the Communist Party of China for “[hiding and obscuring] critical information” about the coronavirus despite recent reports finding similar practices in the United States.
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Shifting Blame Away From Trump, Gardner Argues Dems Had Same Info on Russian Bounties as President
Asked earlier this month about President Donald Trump’s handling of the Russian bounty scandal, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) launched into an attack on Russia, instead of criticizing the president, and shifted blame to the left, saying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had the same U.S. intelligence showing Russia paid bounties to Taliban-linked mercenaries to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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Colo Republicans Joining Social Platform Parler, a “Safe Haven” For Those Too Extreme for Twitter
Following the lead of Trump administration officials and campaign staff, several Colorado Republicans are joining the conservative social media site Parler, which is best known for allowing users to post misinformation or extreme statements typically blocked by Twitter or Facebook.
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After Voting to Save Obamacare, McCain Advised Listening to Governors, Like Hickenlooper
Three years ago this month, after the downward-pointing thumb of John McCain put an end to the last of three Republican attempts to kill Obamacare, the Arizona senator issued a statement with ideas on how America could move forward to improve its health care system.
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Gardner Trumpets His Success at Renaming Buildings
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner is bragging a lot these days about, as his campaign website puts it, having “had eight bills signed into law, more than the current Colorado delegation combined.”
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Media “Doing Everything They Can to Suppress Our Vote,” Gardner Tells GOP Activists
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner told Republican supporters last week that the “media does not want us to win” and “is going to do everything they can to suppress our vote by deflating our hopes.”
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NAACP Leader Calls Gardner’s Juneteenth Bill “Totally Disingenuous” Given His Silence on Trump’s Racism
A leader of the civil rights movement in Colorado has called on Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to break his silence and denounce President Trump’s racism.
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To Win, Gardner Sees Need to Skirt Media’s “Pre-Approved Filter”
Sen. Cory Gardner’s complaints about the news media surfaced again Saturday, when KNUS host Randy Corporon put this question to the Colorado Republican:
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Expected Surge in Medicaid Enrollment During Pandemic Means Cory Gardner Must Support Health Care Protections for Coloradans
In order to protect Coloradans as the coronavirus spread, many businesses had to shut down, which led to unprecedented job losses in our state. Over the last few months, federal assistance for families and businesses has not met the moment. But there is a way for our elected officials, and in particular Republican Senator Cory Gardner, to do more for Coloradans: Denounce the lawsuit to tear down the Affordable Care Act and pass legislation to provide support for state, local and tribal governments.