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Colorado Republicans call for special session, Polis says it’s the voters’ turn to weigh in
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Republicans in the Colorado Senate asked to go back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, calling on Gov. Jared Polis to convene a special legislative session. The Colorado legislature meets to pass laws for 120 days each year from January through May. But the governor can summon lawmakers in the offseason to work on…
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Multiple debates, forums on deck for Colorado’s Republican US Senate hopefuls
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The Republican primary race for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat is about to kick into high gear, with at least six debates and candidate forums scheduled over a four-week period beginning in early January. At last count, seven Republicans are running for the nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, who is seeking a third…
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Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner: Obamacare backers ‘finally’ admit health care law needs bipartisan fix
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, said Friday that Democrats are “finally” admitting they need to work across the aisle to find bipartisan solutions to the nation’s health care system, adding that the failure by GOP senators to overturn the Affordable Care Act won’t stop efforts to replace the legislation, known as Obamacare. “It’s…
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper: Time to roll up sleeves, address health insurance costs, market stability
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In the wake of the Republican-controlled Senate’s inability to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act this week, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday renewed a call for officials to sit down and come up with a bipartisan solution. “We are encouraged that the Senate has rejected efforts that would have raised health care…
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet rakes Republican health care plan over the coals: ‘This process is a disgrace’
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Hours before the Senate narrowly voted down Republican health care legislation known as the “skinny” Obamacare repeal, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, excoriated the majority party for rushing votes Thursday on variants of bills that no one but their authors had seen. In a lengthy address on the Senate floor, his voice rising…
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Davida Sirota gets a look at Senate Republicans’ e-mails on energy
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Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy CommitteeLiberal journalist extraordinaire David Sirota did what he told Colorado Politics he would do back in May. He got his eyeballs on Colorado Senate Republicans’ e-mails from a period when a bill to move oil and gas wells farther from schools was pending in the legislature. You can bet Dave would…
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Colorado Senate president ponders road ahead on transportation, Holbert says think local
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Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert had legislative researchers look this up: When was the last time the General Assembly voted on any specific road project? The answer: 1899, a wagon road from Leadville to Pueblo using convicts. The public perception these days, however, is that Capitol Dome is the end of the road when it…
