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Anti-legal-pot group reports marijuana-industry contributions to Colorado lawmakers
WASHINGTON — Colorado’s delegation in Congress is being criticized by an advocacy group for the thousands of dollars in campaign donations that several of the state’s elected officials have received from the marijuana industry. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, one of the Congress members mentioned by the group, responded by noting that cannabis…
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TRAIL MIX | Crow flies to Duckworth for House speaker instead of Pelosi
Newly minted U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, stuck to his guns Thursday by refusing to vote for Nancy Pelosi for House speaker and instead cast his vote for U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois. The other members of Colorado’s House delegation voted for the nominees put forward by the two party caucuses –…
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TRAIL MIX | Perlmutter speaks out on his Pelosi role
When the incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives convene on Jan. 3 to elect a speaker for the next House, Nancy Pelosi, the chamber’s Democratic leader since 2003, is certain she has the votes. But for the first time, Pelosi and her top deputies – Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader-designee, and…
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Colorado Congress members want RTD train woes worked out fast
Colorado’s two U.S. senators and two members of the U.S. House from metro Denver have taken the unusual step of writing a joint letter to federal and local officials urging them to step up efforts to resolve problems on RTD’s commuter-rail lines ahead of a possible shutdown of the transit agency’s airport train. The letter…
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Perlmutter reverses course, will support Pelosi for speaker following compromise
By Alan Fram, Associated Press, and Colorado Politics WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi all but ensured that she will become House speaker next month, quelling a revolt by disgruntled Democrats including Colorado’s Ed Perlmutter by agreeing to limit her tenure to no more than four additional years in the chamber’s top post. In exchange,…
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Pelosi in talks with Perlmutter, other critics about term limits for House leaders
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is in advanced negotiations with critics inside her party — including U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado — about an agreement that could clear the way for her to be elected speaker next month. Despite presiding over a 40-seat midterm-election pickup last month, Pelosi, D-California, has been dogged by internal…
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Trump vs. Pelosi: Will it be war?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by from left, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio., speaks to media at Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, to announce her nomination by House Democrats to lead them in the new Congress. She still faces a…
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FEC: Lawyers contributed nearly $4M to Colorado’s federal candidates during midterms
Colorado candidates for Congress or governor received 7,942 contributions from lawyers during this year’s midterm elections, the Federal Election Commission reported this week. Nationwide, there were 13 law firms that contributed at least a quarter-million dollars to either congressional candidates or party committees, some with offices in Colorado. More contributions went to Democrats than Republicans…
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Perlmutter, other lawmakers plot challenge to Pelosi as House speaker
By Laura Barrón-López, Washington Examiner Within 24 hours of Democrats winning the House, a small contingent of Democratic members opposed to Nancy Pelosi’s continued leadership – including Colorado’s Ed Perlmutter – began to plot her ouster. The group of roughly 10 members are hoping to bring newly-elected Democrats into the fold, targeting those who made…
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Pelosi beats back effort by Perlmutter, others to thwart her run for speaker — for now
By Laura Barrón-López, Washington Examiner U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi scored a small win in her bid to become speaker again when a petition meant to complicate her rise to the top spot was shelved Wednesday by the chamber’s Democratic Caucus. The motion – launched by a handful of House Democrats that included Colorado’s…