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Rep. Jason Crow tests positive for breakthrough case of COVID-19 after Ukraine trip
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow announced Sunday night that he tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 following his return from a trip to Ukraine. The Colorado Democrat, who is fully vaccinated and has received a booster shot, said he’s experiencing minor symptoms. Crow’s announcement came the same day as two other Democratic lawmakers who…
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Ilhan Omar hangs up on Lauren Boebert, ends ‘unproductive’ call over anti-Muslim remarks
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Tensions flared Monday as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert dug in on her recent comments suggesting that a Muslim congresswoman has ties to terrorism amid mounting calls for GOP leaders to condemn the Colorado Republican. A phone call between Boebert and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, ended with Omar hanging up on Boebert after…
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Colorado delegation splits along party lines as House passes Biden’s Build Back Better bill
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Members of the Colorado House delegation voted along party lines Friday on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, a nearly $2 trillion package Democrats are hailing as a groundbreaking social and environmental legislation and Republicans are denouncing the measure and its price tag. The bill passed on a 220-213 vote, with only one Democrat…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s Joe Neguse, John Hickenlooper play key roles bringing infrastructure bill to life
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Late on the night of Nov. 5, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse walked alongside two fellow Democratic lawmakers as they made their way outside the U.S. Capitol, prepared to announce that a deal had finally been reached to allow for a vote on the infrastructure bill that had been idling for weeks in the U.S. House…
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Trump border-wall emergency: Impact on Colorado military projects is unclear
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President Donald Trump’s plan to use emergency powers to pay for a Mexican border wall involves pulling an estimated $3.5 billion from planned military construction work. It’s unclear whether the wall work would cancel construction projects in Colorado. The Pentagon planned $101 million in Colorado this year, including a vehicle maintenance shop and Special Forces…
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Doug Lamborn moves up on powerful military readiness panel
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In office since 2006, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is finally getting the kind of position that federal lawmakers spend their career waiting for: a top post on a powerful subcommittee that controls a mind-boggling amount of money. Lamborn served his time as a back-bencher on the House Armed Services Committee, but moved up this year…
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Lamborn backs Trump as House passes bill with funds for border wall
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn announced his support for President Trump’s border wall as he and house Republicans voted for a short-term spending bill Thursday evening. The bill included an amendment that added $5.7 billion for construction of the wall and $8.7 billion for disaster relief, Lamborn’s office said in a release. It passed by a…
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Farm bill passes Congress despite 3 ‘no’ votes from Colorado Republicans
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A long-awaited, $867 billion farm bill is on its way to President Trump’s desk with overwhelming bipartisan support — despite “no” votes from three Colorado Republican congressmen. The U.S. House on Wednesday voted 369-47 to approve the farm bill and send it to the president for signing after the Senate approved the compromise version on…
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Ice cream moguls Ben & Jerry show support for Stephany Spaulding’s CD5 campaign
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If honey catches more flies than vinegar, just how many voters will ice cream net? Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, aim to find out. The pair recently teamed up with MoveOn.Org, a national political nonprofit, to offer their support to seven Democratic Congressional candidates. Among them is…
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COVER STORY | Drawing the line on gerrymandering
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Colorado have at least one thing in common: Neither side trusts each other or the courts to be fairer to Colorado voters than Colorado voters would be to themselves. That’s the idea driving amendments Y and Z on the state’s November ballot to allow independent commissions to draw electoral district…