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House passes national defense bill without Lamborn provision to delay Space Command move out of Colorado
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Congressional negotiators on Tuesday dropped a provision from the annual defense bill that would have postponed any work toward moving U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, pending completion of two investigations into the decision. Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees agreed on a final version of the $768 billion National…
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Lamborn, Coffman to negotiate defense spending bill
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Two Colorado congressmen will have a direct hand in crafting a final compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act. The U.S. House and Senate have each passed spending plans, and now need to work out the differences into a single piece of legislation they can send to the president to sign. Republican Reps. Doug Lamborn…
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Bennet checks in on bucks for cleanup near Peterson Air Force Base
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When Sen. Michael Bennet was home from Washington last week, he checked in with water districts in El Paso County that will benefit from $44 million he got into the federal defense budget to clean up water contamination near military bases and another $10 million to study the related health effects, his office tells Colorado…
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Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn raises more than $70,000 for congressional reelection campaign
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican facing at least two primary challengers next year, raised $72,766 in the most recent fundraising quarter, according to a finance report his campaign filed Friday. He finished with $378,553 on hand at the end of June. The six-term incumbent brought in nearly twice what he raised in…
