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Colorado’s Buck, Neguse hammer along party lines in Trump impeachment hearing
Two Coloradans sitting on opposite sides of a wide partisan divide questioned legal scholars Wednesday as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its first day of hearings to determine whether to impeach President Donald Trump. U.S. Reps. Ken Buck and Joe Neguse each held the microphone for five minutes during tense, day-long testimony that featured four…
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Polis to congressional panel: Climate change is ‘an existential threat’
BOULDER ? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a congressional climate-change committee’s field hearing Thursday that he considers global warming to be “existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and eco-systems and our very way of life.” Polis was the lead speaker in a morning of testimony taken at the University…
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Colorado’s Neguse named to House climate panel (VIDEOS)
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado — who has made combating climate change a key issue of his first term in Congress — was named a member Thursday of a new U.S. House of Representatives committee on climate formed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Neguse, D-Boulder, is one of eight Democrats named to the House Select…
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Neguse tapped for House Natural Resources Committee; Lamborn remains on panel
Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse said Thursday he has been appointed to the House Committee on Natural Resources, which keeps an eye on agencies that control vast public acreage across Colorado. And U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn said he is remaining on the panel. The committee reviews legislation dealing with matters ranging from energy and mining…
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Is Neguse-backed ‘Green New Deal’ for real?
Progressives have created a frenzy by promising a “Green New Deal” to transition the U.S. away from fossil fuels within a decade. The proposal counts newly elected Colorado congressman Joe Neguse among its supporters, and is championed by the freshman sensation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The Green New Deal has excited those who long for…
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Neguse lands coveted spot on House Judiciary Committee
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse has landed a seat on the high-profile House Judiciary Committee, Democratic leadership announced Wednesday. The newly elected Boulder Democrat, an attorney, was one one of eight freshman Democrats named to the panel. “The Judiciary Committee will take up incredibly important work to ensure that our immigration community is treated with respect,…
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Neguse slams ‘Trump shutdown,’ touts election reform in weekly Democratic address
U.S. Rep.-elect Joe Neguse, a Colorado Democrat, on Saturday rebuked President Trump for the federal government shutdown and said the incoming Democratic House majority plans to introduce legislation to “ensure that the government is responsible, ethical and is truly of, by and for the people.” “The partisanship, rancor and dysfunction of the Trump shutdown is…
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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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Colorado’s Neguse picked as freshman link to US House leaders
U.S. Rep.-elect Joe Neguse has been elected as one of two freshman representatives to the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives when he takes office in January, his office announced Thursday. Neguse, D-Boulder, will join Rep.-elect Katie Hill of California in that role. The pair were selected by incoming Democratic House members. “I…