u.s. rep. ed perlmutter
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Mother Cabrini remembered Friday on day set aside by Gov. John Hickenlooper
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Friday is officially St. Frances Cabrini Day in Colorado, marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the saint better known as Mother Cabrini. In her civic work in the poor Italian quarters in north Denver and for the city’s orphaned children, Mother Cabrini herself seemed a miracle. Gov. John Hickenlooper, Golden Mayor Marjorie Sloan,…
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Perlmutter criticizes Dodd-Frank rewrite now slated for House vote
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A Republican-led effort to rewrite the rules of the massive, post financial crisis measure Dodd-Frank is slated for a full House vote in June, despite Democrat’s effort – among them U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter – to derail the legislation in committee. At odds are Perlmutter’s contention that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection…
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Colorado Democrats call for probe after report Trump shared classified intel with Russians
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Colorado Democrats are calling for an independent investigation in the face of a bombshell media report that President Donald Trump shared highly sensitive, classified intelligence about the Islamic State with Russian diplomats during a White House visit last week, a revelation that Trump appeared to both confirm and defend early Tuesday. The original report from the…
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There’s campaign cash in political causes; just ask Mike Johnston
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If you don’t happen to have a spare $3 million in your cookie jar to kick-start your run for governor — see: Douglas County Republican entrepreneur Victor Mitchell — then it doesn’t hurt to be the favorite son of a political movement with deep pockets of its own. Education reform, for example. That’s one takeaway from…
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Athanasopoulos to run for Colorado GOP chair
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George Athanasopoulos, who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Golden for the 7th Congressional District in the Nov. 8 general election, has announced his candidacy for chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Athanasopoulos made the announcement on the Tuesday, Nov. 29 on the early morning show on KNUS-AM radio. The current state chair, Steve…
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Time to push voters to vote
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The presidential candidates and their surrogates are making Colorado appearances right and left as the final countdown to Election Day enters the last few days. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the state for a 9:30 p.m. rally Saturday, Nov. 5, at the National Western Complex in Denver. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find ticket information…
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Top Adams County Republican calls on Baker to resign council seat over immigration proposals
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The Republican vice chair of the 7th Congressional District delivered a blistering response Monday night to recent remarks about immigration policy by the GOP candidate running in the district, saying she felt “cheated and used” when she backed him for a Westminster City Council seat and is now calling for him to step down. During the…
