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Colorado GOP senators mimic U.S. House leaders, would hold budget hostage over abortion

By | 04.08.11 | 3:44 pm

As the federal government prepares for a disastrous shutdown pinned largely to a House Republican amendment that would defund Planned Parenthood, Colorado Republican Senators attempted to mimic the legislative strategy that has led to the Capitol Hill standoff. Weeks of tense negotiations in Denver produced a budget plan tentatively embraced on both sides of the aisle. Then on Friday in stepped social conservatives in the Senate who during floor debate inserted a hot-button “defund Planned Parenthood” amendment into the budget negotiation.

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Spending or abortion? Leaders wrangle over message as government shutdown looms

By | 04.08.11 | 11:33 am

As the federal government nears a shutdown, scheduled to begin in just over 10 hours, latest reports on negotiations between the House and Senate, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), respectively, posit that the two sides are close on a dollar amount to cut from the 2011 budget — about $5 billion, according to the Washington Post.

VIDEO: Bennet and Udall scrap to keep government up and running

By | 04.08.11 | 11:25 am

Colorado’s two Democratic senators, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet each continue working to avert a government shutdown.

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Former federal comptroller laments the lack of realistic budget solutions in Washington

By | 04.07.11 | 12:35 pm

According to former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, the budget showdown and looming federal government shutdown is an irrational fight over a relatively insignificant issue. “It’s like politicians in Washington are arguing over the bar tab on the Titanic while we’re heading toward the iceberg ready to sink the entire ship.”

VIDEO: Bennet blasts Congress on shutdown

By | 04.06.11 | 2:26 pm

Shut the government down? Michael Bennet left no doubt about how he feels about such a thing. Last night, he told his senate colleagues that no city, no school district would ever consider such a thing and would have hell to pay if they did.

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner.

Tea Party freshman Gardner votes with Dems to keep government running

By | 03.15.11 | 4:37 pm

The Colorado delegation in Washington voted five in favor and two against the stopgap budget passed by the House Tuesday. It was the second temporary fix to the budget passed in the last few weeks and it is even less popular than the first one among Tea Party conservatives, who believe Republicans should hold steady and risk a government shutdown to force compromise from Democrats on spending. House Majority Leader Boehner lost more than fifty conservative votes and had to lean on Democrats to help him pass the measure.

Huge majority says compromise needed to keep government up and running–further cuts not wanted, except to military

By | 03.10.11 | 5:50 am

A new Bloomberg News poll indicates that nearly 8 in 10 Americans believe that legislators should reach a compromise on the federal budget in order to avert a government shutdown.

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