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A trio of groups that has been rallying support for the public option health insurance plan is puzzled over the fact the Colorado Democratic Senator Mark Udall has not come out as a supporter of the plan. Udall’s silence on the matter is particularly notable given that Colorado’s other Democratic U.S. Senator, Michael Bennet, has [...]

U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton railed against Sen. Michael Bennet this week for a letter he wrote in favor of passing health reform legislation that includes a public insurance option. She believes Coloradans don’t want a public option because she thinks they don’t want lawmakers to pass any health reform legislation at all. She says [...]

Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis drafted a letter with fellow Democratic freshman Chellie Pingree, urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to revisit the Senate version of the legislation in order to add a public option and then pass the bill through the process known as reconciliation, where it would only take 51 votes. A [...]

Colorado Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’s bold move to pass health reform legislation that would include a public health insurance option has gained significant support in the week since he first began circulating among lawmakers and on the web a letter that he co-authored with Maine Democrat Chellie Pingree outlining the idea. Polis sent the letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today with the signatures of 120 Representatives attached.

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Boulder) is clearly trying to head off health care town hall-style lynch mobs at the pass by getting out in front of the broiling rhetoric over the proposed “Hidden Gems” wilderness plan.
The proposal is still being drafted – and seeking a congressional sponsor – but basically proponents hope to lock up [...]

Governor Ritter joined 21 other Governor’s today signing a letter that urges federal lawmakers to adopt national health reform legislation before the end of the year.
The letter is addressed to leaders in the House and Senate– Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader John Boehner. It calls for [...]

State Senator Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, sent a strongly worded letter to Gov. Ritter this afternoon, admonishing him for “soft-pedaling” the state’s fiscal crisis and for leaning on “budgetary gimmicks” to fill gaps. Schultheis suggested the governor make tougher cuts. Furloughing state employees isn’t a brave move; it’s a timid move. The private sector has [...]