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‘A devastating betrayal’: Colorado officials react to Trump’s decision to end DACA program

Sep 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, called President Trump’s Tuesday decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program “the height of cruelty” and called on Congress to come up with a plan to replace it. “Today’s announcement is a devastating betrayal for the hundreds of thousands of individuals who…
Insights: Hickenlooper-Kasich, is it just crazy enough to work?

Aug 28, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

In the yellow dog days of August, when the fish aren’t biting, the political anglers have more time to ponder. If talk turns to the presidential race in 2020 there’s no juicier summertime morsel than what’s next for John Hickenlooper, our moderate governor who has already written his book for national office two years ago.…
Colorado crop OK for now, but need for immigration reform ever more pressing

Jul 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Despite concerns earlier this year that the new Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies would lead to labor shortages across Colorado’s agricultural sector, growers and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief as the harvest approaches, confident they’ll have the hands to pick and package what could be a bumper crop. But even though one…
May: Border security and immigration made simple

May 25, 2017

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Clifford D. May

Utilizing market forces and modern technology would serve American interests The nation-state is a relatively new idea – scholars generally trace it back to the 17th century. It has its flaws but has anyone come up with a better approach to world order? A nation-state enjoys sovereignty over its territory. Territories are separated by borders. Securing…
Hickenlooper calls Trump administration’s proposed budget ‘Robin Hood in reverse’

May 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday called President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget plan “devastating” and charged the proposed massive cuts in domestic and safety-net spending amount to “Robin Hood in reverse – stealing from the poor (and the middle class) to give to the rich.” Calling it “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” the Trump administration…
Spicer mum on Bennet-Gardner proposal to arrest ‘naughty’ senators if government shuts down

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer this week declined to weigh in on proposals to punish members of Congress if they can’t avert a potential government shutdown at the end of April, saying he doesn’t want to get into which lawmakers are “going to be naughty and nice.” In his daily press briefing on Thursday, Spicer brushed aside a question…
Hickenlooper ‘encouraged’ by Trump’s congressional address, wants more specifics

Mar 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday that he was encouraged by what he heard President Donald Trump say in his speech to a joint session of Congress the night before. “This was a very different tone than the Donald Trump we saw on the campaign trail,” Hickenlooper told The Colorado Statesman in a statement. “It was…
Political protests seem at all time high, but do they work?

Feb 14, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Protests, email and letter writing campaigns targeted at members of Congress and packed town hall meetings have seemingly become the norm since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. Opposition is nothing new to anyone who’s sat in the Oval Office – or in any elected office for that matter – and tried to carry out new…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner has concerns with imposing a stiff tax on Mexican imports

Jan 30, 2017

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Peter Marcus

U.S. Sen. Corry Gardner, a Republican, will oppose imposing a 20-percent import tax on Mexican imports, a sign that the Trump administration may face difficulties convincing Congress to back the proposal. Gardner, who was recently tapped to head Senate Republicans’ campaign fundraising with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he fears the tax would start a trade fight…