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Doug Lamborn: Republican tax legislation ‘puts a stake through the heart of Obamacare’
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn cheered word Friday that congressional Republicans had secured enough votes to pass a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that President Donald Trump has said he hopes to sign before the end of the year but that Democrats say favors corporations and the wealthy without much helping everyone else. “The…
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ALEC puts Colorado label on business-friendly policies for lawmakers
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The American Legislative Exchange Council kicks off its three-day annual gathering in Denver Wednesday to tilt state legislators from across the country toward the industry-friendly principles of free markets and limited government. Moreover, the business-supported nonprofit best known by its acronym, ALEC, helps them draft pro-business legislation to fight a ground war of sorts in…
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More headliners on the way for ALEC’s Denver gathering
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The Trump administration’s Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke will join the speakers’ dais in Denver at next week’s annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council. The event already features Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich, Steve Forbes, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Pete Coors, Guy Benson and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin.…
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ALEC will reel in the political right at its annual meeting in Denver
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Lawmakers who lean right – and hope to reinvent government accordingly – have had a friend named ALEC for 44 years. The conservative, pro-free market American Legislative Exchange Council has been an advocate of limited government and a resource for model legislation to generations of (mostly Republican) state legislators in Colorado and across the country.…
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May: The tide turns
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Trump’s victories pale in comparison with the challenges ahead First and foremost: Nothing is more pivotal to democratic governance then holding free and fair elections that lead to a peaceful transference of power. Over the past week, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all demonstrated that they get that. This is an achievement that…
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Trump and new team have little time to execute new strategy
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Donald Trump is on the clock. He has about 80 days to reset and rally a presidential campaign that’s done little but stagger since the close of the Republican convention. The GOP nominee’s allies say the celebrity businessman and his new leadership team are “laser-focused” and ready to direct the billionaire’s venom against Democratic Hillary Clinton.…
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YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention
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Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
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Colorado delegate vows ‘more insurgency’ after anti-Trump tumult
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The Colorado delegate heading a movement aimed at keeping the GOP from nominating Donald Trump for president vowed that the Republican National Convention will see “more insurgency” from Trump critics after a rancorous afternoon of procedural votes. “We don’t live in a dictatorship, we don’t live in a banana republic,” Castle Rock Republican Kendal Unruh…
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Sources: Trump picks Mike Pence as running mate
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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, according to multiple sources with the Republican National Convention and numerous news reports. The real estate mogul plans to announce his choice in New York on Friday morning. Pence, 57, was one of several finalists for the ticket, also…
