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Republican PAC launches ad attacking Army vet Jason Crow for ‘turning his back on veterans’
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A Republican super PAC released its second TV ad Friday attacking Democrat Jason Crow for the attorney and decorated Army veteran’s record on veterans issues. The 30-second ad, paid for by the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, repeats charges from the group’s first ad – that Crow missed meetings of a state veterans board…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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S. 2372: VA Mission Act of 2018 This was a vote to pass S. 2372 in the Senate. This $55 billion package to overhaul the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system passed by an overwhelming majority, including votes of approval from both of Colorado’s U.S. senators. The five-year spending bill expands the right…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.R. 3053: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 This was a vote to pass H.R. 3053 in the House. This bill provides the authorizations and procedures to begin building a repository for the nation’s nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain in the southern Nevada desert. The U.S. Energy Department planned to transport radioactive waste from…
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Congress prepares to vote on cannabis research, treatment for veterans
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WASHINGTON – A congressional committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow cannabis to be used to treat veterans suffering chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both ailments disproportionately affect many veterans, according to witnesses who testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said the bill could create a better…
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Colorado’s Rep. Coffman calls for resignation of U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman is calling for the resignation of the U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary as he faces allegations of abusing government travel privileges. A report this week from the Veterans Affairs inspector general also says David J. Shulkin’s staff made false statements and altered an email for a cover-up. “The abuses detailed in…
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Four years after legalization, Denver officials say more data needed to assess marijuana’s impact
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According to a recent federal study, marijuana use among Colorado teenagers has fallen considerably in the past two years – to its lowest rate in nearly a decade. But high school principals in parts of Denver with high concentrations of pot businesses say the opposite is true, and an organization that works with homeless youth…
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Lao-Hmong veterans among those honored for service during Vietnam War
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Four Lao-Hmong veterans and the surviving son of a fifth were among 76 Vietnam-era veterans honored at a ceremony hosted by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter on Friday at Red Rocks Community College. One after another, an officer read off their names, their branch of the military and the years they wore the uniform, and then…
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Perlmutter sets commemoration ceremony for Vietnam-era vets
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U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter plans to hold a Vietnam War 50th Commemoration Ceremony on Friday, March 24. All Vietnam-era veterans in Colorado are eligible to receive the Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin at the ceremony. The ceremony is part of an ongoing national program to honor all Vietnam-era veterans – military service members who were on…
