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Congressman Coffman pushes defense bill through committee

Nov 15, 2017

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Colorado Politics

U.S. Representative Mike Coffman, R-6th Dist., helped foster the passage of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act conference report, a bill that contains significant policy and funding initiatives for the Department of Defense. Coffman, as Chairman of the House Armed Forces Subcommittee on Military Personnel, says he worked across party lines to ensure that…
Holbert: Republicans fight for a taxpayer-first state budget

Mar 28, 2017

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Sen. Chris Holbert

President Trump’s first foray into the thickets of Washington-style budgeting naturally is generating a lot of media attention, but back here in Colorado, in the General Assembly, we’re also about to enter our most critical week in terms of hammering-out our spending priorities. And because our state budget probably has an even greater impact on…
TABOR reform bill by maverick Republicans meets demise in GOP committee

Mar 20, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Senate Republicans on Monday killed a TABOR reform effort by one of their own to allow the state to retain excess revenue when economic times are good. On a party-line vote, the TABOR reform measure died in a Republican-controlled “kill committee,” where legislation deemed unfavorable by the majority party is sent to die. What was…
Republican leadership calls TABOR reform ‘interesting’ but not a priority

Feb 21, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Senate Republican leadership on Tuesday described an effort to reform TABOR as “interesting,” though leaders say it is not representative of the majority of the caucus’ priorities. Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City responded when asked about the proposal, which has sponsorship from two Republican lawmakers, Rep. Dan Thurlow of Grand Junction and Sen. Larry…

taxpayers

Congressman Coffman pushes defense bill through committee

Holbert: Republicans fight for a taxpayer-first state budget

TABOR reform bill by maverick Republicans meets demise in GOP committee

Republican leadership calls TABOR reform ‘interesting’ but not a priority