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Conservative Rep. Stephens Supports ‘Abortion Pill’ in Instances of Rape, Incest

By | 02.07.13 | 10:08 am

Rep. Amy Stephens — a Colorado Springs Republican who once worked for evangelical powerhouse organization Focus on the Family — argued Tuesday against an anti-abortion proposal that would have made providing emergency contraception to victims of rape and incest a Class 3 felony.

Speaker McNulty sends civil unions bill to House kill committee

By | 05.14.12 | 12:24 pm

DENVER– Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty in the first hours of a special session of the legislature called to consider a gay-rights civil unions bill has effectively assured that bill’s death, assigning it to the hardline Republican-controlled State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.

Balmer beseeches ‘most humble colleagues’ at Ye Olde State Capitol

By | 02.10.09 | 12:03 pm

Suddenly it makes sense that state Rep. David Balmer didn’t have any e-mails to turn over to the House Ethics Committee last month. Now, if they’d only asked for edicts and proclamations. …

In an accent best described as mid-Monty Python, the Centennial Republican on Monday gave members of the Colorado House the respect House Speaker Terrance Carroll recently demanded, and then some.

LIVE BLOG: Legislative Wrap Up

By | 05.04.07 | 11:41 am

The House and Senate convened this morning at 10 a.m.

Today’s House calendar here
Today’s Senate calendar here

I’m a little late on this but then I was traumatized by Rep. Stafford singing “Happy…

A Tale of Two Web Sites

By | 04.16.07 | 8:30 am

The apparent pretext behind Colorado Senate News.com, the official communications hub for the Senate Minority Communications Office, is as important as recently discovered revelations of cover-ups between it and Republican political operatives.

A comparison of Colorado Senate…

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