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Rep. Ken Buck opposes Freedom Caucus push to impeach Rosenstein
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A Colorado congressman who is a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House says he didn’t join 11 fellow caucus members in pushing to impeach the Justice Department official who oversees Robert Mueller’s investigation. Wednesday, 11 House Republicans, all Freedom Caucus members, introduced a resolution containing five articles of impeachment against Deputy…
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Hickenlooper: Separating immigrant families is ‘immoral and un-American’
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called out the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexican border as part of a “zero-tolerance” policy enacted in April by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Hickenlooper, a Democrat viewed as a potential challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, called the policy “immoral and un-American” Monday…
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CIRULI | Will a wave from D.C. wash over Colorado?
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The ever controversial Nancy Pelosi now only needs 23 more Democrats to win control of the House after the victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th District. Although it is clear that her time as head of the Democratic caucus is nearing a conclusion, she remains a powerful force. Democratic candidates in swing districts can get political mileage…
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Hick’s picks are bricks: Gov. John Hickenlooper loses it in March Madness
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There’s no easy way to tell you this, Colorado. Your governor is having a terrible March Madness. Few brackets are busted as badly as John Hickenlooper’s. Colorado Politics didn’t think to ask for the governor’s bracket until the jumpshots were already falling in the NCAA basketball tournament, and by then Hickenlooper was enroute to Connecticut…
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Republicans crow, Democrats squabble as game of chicken over shutdown ends, for now
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Enough Senate Democrats blinked Monday and voted with majority Republicans to fund the federal government for three more weeks – bringing an end to a three-day government shutdown – after receiving a commitment to vote on immigration legislation by early February, leading GOP lawmakers to declare grudging victory as divided Democrats endured stinging criticism from…
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Democrat Chase Kohne wins Blue Rising PAC’s backing in race against U.S. Rep. Ken Buck
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Castle Rock Democrat Chase Kohne has been endorsed by Colorado-based Blue Rising PAC in his uphill run for the 4th Congressional District seat held by Republican Ken Buck, the group announced this week. One of four Democrats running for the nomination in the sprawling, mostly rural district, Kohn is a large animal veterinarian, Army veteran…
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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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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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Colorado lawmakers pressure Congress to extend CHIP for low-income kids
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s governor and a congresswoman are pressuring federal lawmakers to renew the CHIP program that provides medical insurance to children of low-income families. Republican congressional leaders are giving hints the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue but not in its current form. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, helped to organize a request to…
