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Denver Center leader in Washington to rally for $5 billion theater funding bill | Arts news

Apr 15, 2024

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Colorado Politics

Nonprofit theater companies across America are facing an existential financial crisis. Which is why Democratic lawmakers have proposed (likely doomed) legislation that would direct $1 billion annually to the struggling industry for the next five years. On Friday, Denver Center Theatre Company Artistic Director Chris Coleman was in Washington, D.C. to advocate for the legislation.…
Q&A w/Laura Chapin: She’s all Democratic blue — but bleeds burnt orange for her Longhorns

Oct 9, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

If you’re involved in Colorado politics and lean left, there’s a good chance you know Laura Chapin. If you lean right, there’s an even better chance you’ve felt her sting. Ask anyone who’s jousted with her on Twitter, where the Denver-based progressive Democratic strategist and opinion blogger for U.S. News has been known to scorch…
Jefferson County GOP calls for Congress to repeal Obamacare immediately or replace leadership

Sep 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Jefferson County Republican Party is demanding Congress immediately repeal the Affordable Care Act or, if it can’t, to elect new congressional leadership. A strongly worded resolution adopted unanimously by the county party’s executive committee Monday night maintains that the failure of congressional Republicans to overturn the sweeping health care legislation known as Obamacare “has…
Cory Gardner, Michael Bennet cosponsor legislation to offer citizenship path for young immigrants

Sep 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, said Tuesday he’s signing on with his Democratic counterpart Michael Bennet to cosponsor bipartisan legislation that would protect immigrants who entered the country illegally as children from deportation and offer them a path to citizenship if they meet certain conditions. Gardner and Bennet declared their support for the…
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner: Obamacare backers ‘finally’ admit health care law needs bipartisan fix

Jul 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, said Friday that Democrats are “finally” admitting they need to work across the aisle to find bipartisan solutions to the nation’s health care system, adding that the failure by GOP senators to overturn the Affordable Care Act won’t stop efforts to replace the legislation, known as Obamacare. “It’s…
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet rips GOP on health care: ‘They’re too scared to vote on the real bill’

Jul 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

On the Capitol steps after today's shameful #healthcare vote. This is not the way to fix health care. pic.twitter.com/xFFLsCR61U — Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) July 26, 2017 U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, tore into Republican senators and President Trump on Tuesday afternoon on the steps of the U.S. Capitol following a vote to move…
Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner cheer Senate health care bill delay, but for different reasons

Jun 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, both said Tuesday they were glad Senate Republicans decided to delay a vote on legislation meant to overhaul the health care system, although it was for different reasons. Bennet, a Democrat, said it was chance for a fresh start, while Gardner, a Republican, called it an…
Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner slams ‘knee-jerk’ opposition to Senate GOP’s health care bill

Jun 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, one of 13 Republicans tasked with drafting Senate legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system, said Thursday morning he was seeing the bill for the first time and cautioned critics against jumping to conclusions before reviewing it. “This is the first I’ve viewed the legislation so I am beginning to…
Gardner, fellow Senate Republicans balk at House GOP plan to repeal Medicaid expansion

Mar 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Signaling a possible rift among congressional Republicans, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and three GOP colleagues told Senate leadership Monday that they were “concerned” about a House plan to roll back expansion of Medicaid as part of an effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Gardner joined fellow U.S. Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio,…
Bennet, Gardner split votes predictably on DeVos

Feb 8, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Colorado’s two U.S. Senators stood with their fellow party members in the historic Tuesday, Feb. 7, tie vote on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos for secretary of education. All 48 Democratic senators voted against DeVos, along with two Republicans, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. The remaining 50…