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Colo. Supreme Court will review ballot challenge to Lamborn
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The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn stays on the primary ballot, or if a legal challenge over petition signatures will derail the Colorado Springs Republican’s bid for a seventh term. The high court on Monday agreed to review an appeal arguing that some of the signatures that secured Lamborn a…
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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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Colorado official requests immunity for environmentalists cleaning up mines
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WASHINGTON – A Colorado Department of Natural Resources representative told Congress Thursday that the federal government needs to grant immunity from liability to groups that try to clean up abandoned mines before their hazards can realistically be eliminated. About 23,000 mines – many of them abandoned – dot Colorado’s landscape, said Jeff Graves, who oversees…
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In ‘State of the Fifth’ address, Lamborn focuses on defense
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Tuesday hailed a $700 million defense budget, passed in December, as one of the biggest recent legislative victories for the Pikes Peak Region. The National Defense Authorization Act gives military personnel a 2.4 percent pay raise – the largest in eight years – and $90.5 million for local military construction,…