U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) announced today on the Richard Randall Show that he will join Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) in not seeking re-election. Lamborn represented Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, consisting of El Paso county, which has long been considered a Republican stronghold.
Dave Williams, the chair of the Colorado Republican Party, has used his position to put pressure on fellow Republicans who he deems not conservative enough. Earlier this year, he negotiated an agreement with Colorado Libertarian leadership that would encourage Libertarian candidates to run against insufficiently conservative Republicans.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) has joined Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in introducing legislation to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, according to a news release from Roy’s office.
“I don't want to drag myself down and respond in kind. I'd rather not mention names. I'd rather stand on some general principles."
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) introduced House Resolution 464, “Acknowledging that unborn children are legal and constitutional persons who are entitled to the equal protection of the laws,” on Monday. The 20 co-sponsors include Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), among others.
In a fundraising email this morning, the leader of Colorado’s Republican Party urged potential donors to “please give a thank you to both Congressman Ken Buck and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for opposing this debt-ceiling compromise” and called on Colorado’s remaining Republican representative, Doug Lamborn, to join them.
The National Day of Prayer has been a part of American politics since 1952, when U.S. Sen. Absalom Robertson (D-VA), father of televangelist Pat Robertson, introduced a bill, supported by famed evangelist Billy Graham, establishing the holiday for the purpose of fighting “the corrosive forces of communism which seek simultaneously to destroy our democratic way of life and the faith in an almighty God on which it is based.”
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) seemed confident that the science backs up his GOP colleagues’ approach to energy policy.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has introduced legislation to ban taxpayer-funded abortions for undocumented immigrants, according to a news release. This legislation comes after guidance from the Biden administration last month that was designed to ensure access to reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors.
While this weekend’s 2022 Truth and Liberty Conference, a gathering of right-wing Christians near Colorado Springs, didn’t tread any new ground ideologically — evangelical voters have long been opposed to LGBTQ rights and progressive policies — it did illustrate the continuing influence that Andrew Wommack’s entities — Truth and Liberty, Charis Bible College, and Andrew Wommack Ministries — have on politics.
