u.s. congress
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Sean Spicer ‘needs to go’ says Rep. Mike Coffman at town hall
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Showing no partisan love for embattled White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, told the sometimes angry, confrontational audience in his first Trump-era town hall meeting Wednesday night that Spicer should step down. “He needs to go,” Coffman said of Spicer. The comment arrived like a crescendo in the nearly two-hour long town…
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DeGette: Trumpcare would hurt seniors and others in Colorado: Here’s how
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Trumpcare was defeated and the Affordable Care Act saved from repeal last month thanks in large part to the American public. They spoke out passionately on behalf of the ACA in phone calls and emails to their members of Congress. They raised their voices at events like the community forum in Denver where 1,000 of…
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Colorado’s Gorsuch wins initial Senate Judiciary approval for Supreme Court
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A deeply divided Senate Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Monday, sending the nomination to the full Senate for what is expected to be a partisan showdown – and eventual confirmation. The 11-9 committee vote for President Donald Trump’s nominee, strictly along party lines, came shortly after Democrats secured enough votes to…
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Bennet won’t try to block Gorsuch vote
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Senator Michael Bennet says he will not join Democratic efforts to block a full-Senate vote on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The Colorado Democrat has been under pressure to support Gorsuch in part because the nominee is also from Colorado. Bennet doesn’t say whether he will ultimately vote in favor…
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Tipton: The CFPB goes against government of the people, by the people
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created by the Dodd-Frank Act as an independent agency within the Federal Reserve System, with the purpose of regulating consumer financial products. The core mission of the CFPB, protecting consumers from bad actors, is important, but we should all be concerned about the unconstitutional structure of the Bureau.…
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Neville and Neville: Repeal and replace plan falls short
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Among the most promising things about the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, in conjunction with a Republican-controlled Congress, was the long-awaited realization of the repeal of Obamacare – the expensive government takeover of health care that was President Obama’s signal “achievement” – which drove up health insurance premiums and deductibles, priced millions out…
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Paul Ryan says more help for older people needed in GOP health bill
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Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to replace Barack Obama’s health law…
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Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls
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Oil and natural gas companies and their supporters continue to wage a war of words – and opinion polls – with backers of a Bureau of Land Management rule regulating emissions of methane from natural gas wells drilled on federal land, while a Colorado senator remains undecided on his stance on the rule. Earlier this…