The Colorado Independent

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged Bob Casey

Protester in Washington, D.C. (flickr/JBrazito)

Anti-abortion rights group targets ‘pro-life’ senators who voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood

By | 04.16.11 | 6:01 am

As it turned out, Planned Parenthood did not lose federal funding for family planning and reproductive services in the federal budget for fiscal year 2011 passed Thursday by Congress — and in retaliation, the Susan B. Anthony List announced Friday that it is launching a campaign to target senators who voted for the budget bill.

U.S. abortion politics: Senate Bill would pay teens to have babies

By | 12.21.09 | 10:49 am

Blogger Smintheus writing at Unbossed.com throws light on a new twist in the effort to write passable health reform legislation. Senate Dems, concerned that the laws they are seeking to pass will restrict abortion and force women to carry…

DeGette, Polis introduce FRAC Act aimed at closing hydraulic fracturing ‘loophole’

By | 06.09.09 | 3:00 pm

Using some rather pointed language aimed at Bush administration energy policies in general and former Vice President Dick Cheney in particular, Colorado Rep.’s Diana DeGette, D-Denver, and Jared Polis, D-Boulder, Tuesday introduced the FRAC Act aimed at closing a natural-gas drilling loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act.