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Trump tells Congressional Dems: no DACA without a border wall

Dec 30, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

President Donald Trump Friday morning sent a message to Congressional Democrats: don’t even think about asking for federal authorization of DACA unless you’re also willing to pay for the border wall and a host of other immigration changes. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was initially authorized by a 2012 executive order from then-President…
BIDLACK: How to win a political argument

Dec 20, 2017

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Hal Bidlack

Did you see what I did there with the title? I said I’ll explain how to win a political argument, but I’m not really going to, because, well, you can’t. And the reason why is in part why we are in such a dark place politically. Way back in the before time – you know,…
Though future is uncertain, Denver will aid DACA recipients with renewal

Sep 29, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Denver hasn’t been shy about its resistance to the White House’s bellicose stance on immigration – i.e. a travel ban; President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, and the promise to end a program, unless Congress acts, that provides protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. In…
WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

May 31, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Federal environmental regulators are seeking “input and wisdom” from Colorado as they begin the process of rewriting a Barack Obama-era water protection rule known as WOTUS, which the White House says it now wants aligned with a Supreme Court opinion on water rights from the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Scott…
Gardner’s outdoor rec economy bill signed by Obama

Dec 9, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

President Barack Obama signed legislation on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, authored by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to require the federal government to measure the impact of outdoor recreation on the economy. The bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2015, introduced in October 2015 by Gardner and Shaheen, will let policy makers…
Gardner’s outdoor rec bill heads to Obama’s desk

Nov 29, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved final passage of legislation, authored by U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), on Monday, Nov. 28, to require the federal government to measure the impact of the outdoor recreation on the economy. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature. The Outdoor Recreation…

president barack obama

Trump tells Congressional Dems: no DACA without a border wall

BIDLACK: How to win a political argument

Though future is uncertain, Denver will aid DACA recipients with renewal

WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

Gardner’s outdoor rec economy bill signed by Obama

Gardner’s outdoor rec bill heads to Obama’s desk