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Colorado gov’t watchdog scrap gains traction as IRS targets nonprofit finances

By | 06.26.12 | 5:07 am

On the record, Jessica Peck isn’t thinking much about a potential Internal Revenue Service investigation into her Denver-based watchdog Open Government Institute.

Senators bundle House bills into WEST Act to expedite energy exploration, weaken EPA

By | 05.01.12 | 10:30 am

Some the most anti-environmental legislation to pass the House has been bundled together into an omnibus bill in the Senate called the Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act.

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Barrasso bill to streamline onshore drilling deemed potential bonanza for ‘Big Oil’

By | 05.19.11 | 3:27 pm

Just two days after the U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would have ended billions in tax breaks and subsidies for the nation’s top oil and gas companies, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., today introduced a bill aimed at “removing barriers to American onshore oil and natural gas production.”

Patriotic Millionaires wrangle with Millionaire Senator Hatch on debt and taxes

By | 04.26.11 | 5:45 pm

In response to the polarized political battle stalemating U.S. budget negotiations in the Tea Party era, a group of several dozen of the very wealthiest Americans wrote to ask Congress and President Obama to raise their taxes. Millionaire Republican Senator Orrin Hatch wrote back, dismissing their view of government finances and reminding them that they are free to donate as much money as they want to the government.

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Patriotic Millionaires are undaunted by Hatch attack

By | 04.15.11 | 9:45 am

Today the Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength slammed Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) for comments he made Thursday ridiculing ‘rich liberals’ calls to raise taxes on millionaires like themselves.

Polis CNN foil Chaffetz looks to kick college football into national playoffs

By | 01.10.10 | 5:06 pm

When it comes to college football and politics, Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz knows better than most that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold; he just wishes his consumption of those dishes ate up a little less airtime on CNN’s “Freshman Year.”

Aspen officials blast Hatch for elitist, enviro comments

By | 09.02.08 | 2:27 pm

The Pitkin County (Aspen) commissioners have joined Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.) in a border war of words with Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who on several occasions recently has disparaged Aspen as a nest of anti-oil elitists snuggling up…