u.s. sen. cory gardner
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Disabled protesters try to ring in the new year with the Gardners in Yuma
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Colorado Pols brings us word of another protest by disabled-rights activists attempting to engage Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on his home turf in Yuma – this time, at his house on New Year’s Eve. The dozen or so protesters got a frosty reception; not from the senator – who was home and stayed…
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SLOAN: Cory Gardner got it right in his approach to the Moore fiasco
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Roy Moore lost his bid for U.S. Senate in Alabama last week, and Democrats around the nation celebrated – rightly so, inasmuch as the victory in deepest-of-deep-red Alabama chiseled the GOP Senate majority to a bare 51-49. In their exuberance, many Democrats and liberals hailed the election as a bellwether for the mid-term elections, a…
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Sens. Gardner and Bennet: Rural Colorado kids are counting on you to save CHP+
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When it comes to health disparities, it’s a tale of the teeth: Families of color and low-income kids and families are less likely to have access to dental care. This can lead to a lifetime of problems, including serious illness. Diabetes, heart disease and stroke are all associated with poor oral health. Which makes the…
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A fitting tribute to two much-loved, much-missed mountaineers
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The spirit of two Colorado mountaineers is a little closer to living on in the form of mountains, with this week’s House passage of H.R. 2768. CD3 U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner are working to pass a bill through Congress that would name two peaks on the border…
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Cory Gardner calls for accountability as feds sift through EAGLE-Net’s wreckage
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Remember the federally funded, and forever foundering, EAGLE-Net Alliance? That was the epic project, launched in 2010, that was supposed to bridge Colorado’s rural “digital divide” using some $100 million in seed money from the Obama administration’s economic “stimulus package.” The premise was to bring high-speed internet to remote communities in the high country and…
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LOMAX: There’s much more agreement than conflict on Colorado energy issues
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News values are used by reporters and editors to determine which events to cover and how much prominence to give them. They include things like impact, timeliness, proximity and the element of surprise. But in politics, there’s one news value that dominates: Conflict. There are good reasons for this, but when the search for conflict…
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CIRULI: Is the DACA deal dead?
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On Sept. 13, President Trump met with the minority leaders of their respective houses, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, over a meal of Chinese food. Reportedly, they agreed to a deal on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which included more border security without building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Though there were…
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Dan Domenico gets White House nod for seat on federal bench
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…So, now, the prominent Denver attorney and former Colorado solicitor general just has to win confirmation from the U.S. Senate. Republican junior U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner will have his back. Here’s Gardner’s statement, issued the same day as the White House announcement nominating Domenico for a slot on the U.S. District Court in Denver: “Dan…
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Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner spends the day on familiar turf: farm country
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Now that Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner has been wielding the mic and fielding bruising questions from a roving rabble of activists at town hall-style meetings around the state, it seems the months-long drumbeat for him to meet with the masses is dying down. Enough so for him to take some time for a…
