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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao calls on Colorado lawmakers to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address
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Saira Rao, a Denver Democrat challenging 11-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a primary, on Thursday called on Colorado’s congressional delegation to boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, saying that attending the speech in Washington will only “legitimize” the Republican. Instead, Rao said she’s sponsoring an alternative event on Tuesday…
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Doug Lamborn to Fremont County GOP: Dems caved, Republicans stood tall on shutdown
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The 5th Congressional District’s U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn took to Cañon City this week to recap what had happened during the federal government shutdown: The Democrats “caved in” while Republicans stood for “principle,” he reportedly told a room of Fremont County Republicans. The Cañon City Daily Record was on hand Tuesday to record Lamborn’s remarks.…
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Republicans crow, Democrats squabble as game of chicken over shutdown ends, for now
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Enough Senate Democrats blinked Monday and voted with majority Republicans to fund the federal government for three more weeks – bringing an end to a three-day government shutdown – after receiving a commitment to vote on immigration legislation by early February, leading GOP lawmakers to declare grudging victory as divided Democrats endured stinging criticism from…
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Unite Colorado unaffiliated candidates blast DC dysfunction, compare shutdown to failed special session
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The four unaffiliated statehouse candidates running under the Unite Colorado banner – that’s the organization that used to be known as the Centrist Project – declared a pox on both major parties’ houses after the federal government ran out of money late Friday night when Congress failed to approve spending legislation. In separate releases, all…
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Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner ramp up push for ‘Gang of Six’ immigration fix to avert government shutdown
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Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner said Thursday an immigration package they’ve crafted with four other senators – the bipartisan “Gang of Six” – meets demands set at one point by President Donald Trump and could offer a way forward as Congress scrambles to find the votes to avert a looming government shutdown, although…
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Hick, Kasich plead for DACA and CHIP funding before government shutdown
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Gov. John Hickenlooper and his Republican counterpart from Ohio, Gov. John Kasich, have teamed up once again, this time to plead with Congress to pass a long-term extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before its time expires on March 5. Hickenlooper and Kasich…
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You for the DREAM Act? Then, march on Cory Gardner’s office! Oh, wait a minute …
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… The state’s Republican first-term U.S. senator is already in favor of it. In fact, he and fellow Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, co-sponsored legislation last fall – the DREAM Act of 2017 – to do just that after President Trump had rescinded the executive order that had been used to implement the policy…
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Sen. Michael Bennet tells Senate to listen to the voices of Dreamers
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the Democrat from Denver who is an architect of compromise and reason on immigration issues in Washington, took to the floor of the Senate Wednesday evening to try to salvage a compromise on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A deal tied to President Trump’s demand for a wall and…
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SLOAN: We need a more rational response to immigration
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A legislative compromise on immigration is again in the works, and is, again, facing potential unravelling, following a week that began with a dubious legal decision and ended with altogether unhelpful comments made by the president. Immigration is a delicate issue, one which lends itself to tendentious pooling at the extremes. It is as true…
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Lamborn primary challenger Bill Rhea calls on Trump to resign over vulgar immigration remarks
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Bill Rhea, one of three Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to resign in the wake of an ongoing furor ignited by Trump’s use of the term “shithole” to describe African countries during an Oval Office discussion about U.S. immigration policy. “I am…