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Republican Jeff Crank endorsed by Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity Action in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Americans for Prosperity Action, the deep-pocketed political arm of billionaire Charles Koch’s conservative advocacy network, on Thursday announced it’s throwing its support behind Republican Jeff Crank in the crowded GOP primary for the seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Calling Crank – a podcaster and political consultant who previously served as state director…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Gardner bill would force VA to pay student veterans full benefits
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Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Tuesday he plans to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at forcing the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay benefits to student veterans who have been shorted because of the VA’s information processing and accounting difficulties. “The VA let these veterans down and this cannot be tolerated,” Gardner said in a…
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WATCH: Gardner, Bennet respond to Cohen, Manafort convictions; Mueller probe
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Colorado’s congressional delegation is responding to Tuesday’s news that two of President Donald Trump’s previous allies – former campaign manager Paul Manafort and former attorney Michael Cohen – were convicted of various financial crimes. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, who traveled with Trump Tuesday to West Virginia to rally for a Republican Senate candidate, says…
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Colo.’s senators on opposite sides as confirmation battle brews over Kavanaugh
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The U.S. Senate is gearing up for a major political battle over the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is poised to push the high court bench in a conservative direction for the first time in decades. Kavanaugh was nominated on July 9 and has already met privately with nearly half the Senate,…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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S. 2155: Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act This was a vote to pass S.2155 in the Senate. This bill would reduce the broad limitations placed on banks by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted in 2010 as a response to the recession that started in 2008.…
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Gardner urges Trump to negotiate cautiously with North Korea on denuclearization
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North Korea can be trusted to denuclearize only if its promises can be verified and China participates in the treaty, Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Friday. Gardner, a Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy, has long advocated a hardline toward North Korea. On Thursday, President…
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Gardner grills Equifax CEO about data breach in Senate committee
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Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) questioned former Equifax CEO Richard Smith and Equifax interim-CEO Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., about the company’s massive data breach at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing. Equifax said in September that hackers breached a flaw in their system, stealing names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s…
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Senate bill seeks to punish internet sex trafficking ads
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Washington – Witnesses at a Senate hearing Tuesday urged a crackdown on Internet sites that encourage sex trafficking in a problem that has touched Colorado as much as other states. They said current laws make it too easy for websites to escape responsibility for their wrongdoing by arguing they are acting within their free speech…
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Coloradans weigh in on the future of self-driving vehicles at Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing Wednesday implied broad changes are coming soon for Colorado’s highway transportation industry from self-driving truck technologies. Driverless trucks are part of the automated vehicle technology being developed by government agencies and private companies. They use computerized sensors to steer, throttle and brake vehicles, usually without human intervention. Senators at the…
