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Parkland school-shooting survivor gives fiery pro-gun-rights speech at Denver summit
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Kyle Kashuv is 17 and will be a senior in high school this fall. Between now and then, he’s actively recruiting other high school students to join him in learning about conservative values and to promote his ideas on gun rights. It’s a position that sets him apart from some of the other students at his high…
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Pruitt to conservatives in Denver: EPA is no longer a ‘bastion of liberalism’
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke to a friendly crowd Friday night at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in reversing environmental regulations imposed by the previous Obama administration. We are living in transformational times, Pruitt told the audience: “God places responsibility on us to…
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Gardner calls for tough policy on N. Korea ahead of summit
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner used a Senate hearing Tuesday to repeat his hard-line stance against the militarization of North Korea. The hearing was timed as a forerunner to a summit meeting slated for next week in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “It is my hope…
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Three ways trump should fix NAFTA in renegotiations
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“NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere,” candidate Donald Trump proclaimed, “but certainly ever signed in this country.” That was during the first presidential debate. Later, then-candidate Trump tweeted, “I will renegotiate NAFTA. If I can’t make a great deal, we’re going to tear it up.” Now, over one year into his…
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Colorado Democrats and Republicans disagree over secret Russia investigation memo
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The memo President Donald Trump declassified Friday to show that the FBI allegedly wrongly accused him of misconduct in his election campaign turned up deep divisions between Colorado’s Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Republicans such as Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, and Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, agreed with the president. However, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and…
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UPDATE: Opinions mixed among Colorado lawmakers on president’s State of the Union address
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President Trump announced plans during his State of the Union address Tuesday for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending plan that could be good news for Colorado’s ambitious road-building plans. However, he also said he would move forward with a get-tough policy on immigration that is nearly certain to alienate the state’s large Hispanic population. He…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.J.Res. 99: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes This was a vote to pass H.J. Res. 99 in the House. The House passed a resolution Thursday night to continue federal spending at last year’s levels while Congress wrangles over a new budget. The only other alternative was a government…
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Congressional Democrats call for censure of president over remarks
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Amidst a broken deal on immigration, which some Democrats blame on the President Trump, Colorado’s congressional Democrats have joined in a resolution asking for a censure of the president. The resolution, HRes. 700 was introduced Thursday. It calls on Congress to censure the president over his reported remarks on Jan. 11 in which he called…
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Ads thanking Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman for tax vote to air this week
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Next Wednesday, ads supporting the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will start airing on metro Denver TV, and those ads will encourage viewers to thank U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for his votes on the law. According to the Washington Post, the ads are coming from American Action Network and will air in 23 congressional…
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Panic over property taxes: Pay now or pay more later
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The last days of 2017 were hectic for one Arapahoe County agency, as President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. By the end of last week, the Arapahoe County Treasurer’s Office had collected around $20 million more in early property tax payments than it had the year prior. With Trump’s signing of…