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CIRULI: Roy Moore’s fate shows character counts — while control of the House teeters
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My Dec. 6 blog on the Alabama Senate race opened with, “Alabama Judge Roy Moore is in the first post-Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, et.al. sex scandal election.” His loss in a state that Republicans have held a near total lock on since the early 1990s was a powerful demonstration that character counts.Because of the uniqueness…
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Pot, Handmaids and Magpul: Colorado Politics’ hottest stories of 2017
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Our most popular stories aren’t always the ones Colorado Politics journalists consider most newsworthy. Case in point: this list of our most viral-prone stories of 2017, which contains nary a mention of school choice, Neil Gorsuch, DACA, the #MeToo movement, transportation or special sessions, threatened or real. Without further ado, here are the headlines…
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Gold Star father Khizr Khan endorses Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow
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The Gold Star father who came under attack from Donald Trump last year after offering to lend the Republican presidential candidate a copy of the Constitution sent out a fundraising email Friday for Jason Crow, a Democratic running in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. “Jason Crow is someone who goes where the fight is,” wrote Khizr…
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Hickenlooper among governors calling on Congress to fix DACA, end ‘holiday hostage situation’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper and a bipartisan group of governors on Wednesday called on congressional leaders to come up with a legislative fix before the end of the year to protect immigrants brought to the United States when they were children from deportation. “This holiday hostage situation has gone on too long,” Hickenlooper said in a…
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SLOAN: Cory Gardner got it right in his approach to the Moore fiasco
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Roy Moore lost his bid for U.S. Senate in Alabama last week, and Democrats around the nation celebrated – rightly so, inasmuch as the victory in deepest-of-deep-red Alabama chiseled the GOP Senate majority to a bare 51-49. In their exuberance, many Democrats and liberals hailed the election as a bellwether for the mid-term elections, a…
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Hickenlooper, 11 other governors call on Congress to reauthorize CHIP program
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined a bipartisan group of 12 governors calling on Congress to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is set to expire Jan. 31. About 75,000 children and nearly 800 pregnant women in Colorado stand to lose health care coverage if the program is not renewed, Hickenlooper’s office says, and the…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in weekly Democratic address calls GOP tax plan ‘the opposite of what we need’
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado on Friday sounded the alarm over Republican-sponsored tax legislation steaming its way through Congress, charging the bill only helps the very wealthy at the same time it adds to everyone else’s burdens – all while exploding the national debt. “As early as next week the United States Senate may…
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Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner says Senate should vote to expel Roy Moore if the Republican wins election in Alabama
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Monday the Senate should vote to expel Roy Moore if the Republican nominee wins election in Alabama. Gardner, the head of the Senate Republican campaign committee, said he believes the women who have accused Moore of sexual misconduct – including sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl and pursing relationships with…
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Cory Gardner calls on Roy Moore to drop out of Alabama Senate race if report on relations with teenage girls is true
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Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, called on Roy Moore, the GOP’s Senate nominee in Alabama, to withdraw from the race if a news report that he had relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s turns out to be true. “The allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy…
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90-year-old Frank Francone bound for congressional ceremony to honor Filipino World War II vets
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Ninety-year-old World War II veteran Frank Francone will be on hand Wednesday in Washington to help commemorate the service and sacrifice of the Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers who fought to liberate the Philippines more than 70 years ago. House and Senate leaders plan to gather at the U.S. Capitol to present a Congressional Gold Medal to…