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Udall Endorses Brennan for CIA Director, Underlines Need for Greater Oversight

By | 03.07.13 | 3:15 pm

In the wake of an historic Senate filibuster over the murky U.S. laws governing drone strikes, Colorado Senator Mark Udall on Thursday urged his colleagues to confirm John Brennan as the new director of the CIA.

Obama Admin, NSA won’t tell Udall how many Americans being spied on

By | 06.20.12 | 11:22 am

For years, Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall has been seeking and failing to gather information on counter-terrorism laws that allow the government to spy on Americans without obtaining warrants.

Truck Hauling Pipe To Build Keystone XL Pipeline. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Steve Meirowsky)

Senate Democrats want further examination of Keystone XL project

By | 07.19.11 | 7:24 am

A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate have written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking that the State Department extend their review of the Keystone XL pipeline project.

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In voting against Patriot Act, Udall says Americans would be ‘alarmed’ at government over-reaching

By | 05.27.11 | 3:23 pm

Colorado Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall has long urged his colleagues to reform three of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act, saying the provisions are ripe for abuse. This week Congress decided against reform and extended the act as it stands for four more years. In voting with the slim minority that opposed extension, Udall made clear that, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee privy to executive branch information, he felt the provisions were now being abused, that the government was unnecessarily trampling rights and also blocking oversight.

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Udall, Democratic senators point finger at oil speculators for high gas prices

By | 05.26.11 | 4:28 pm

Several Democratic senators, including Mark Udall, are staging a media stakeout at the U.S. Capitol today to voice their concerns over the role of complicated finance speculation in high gas prices.

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Senate blocks debate over Patriot Act re-authorization

By | 05.24.11 | 6:56 pm

Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall joined with a small bipartisan band of colleagues to slow the move on Capitol Hill to quickly reauthorize the Patriot Act and extend its most controversial provisions for another four years. That effort was derailed Tuesday when Majority Leader Harry Reid called for a vote to “table” or stop work on the act. He got his wish. The Senate voted to block debate 74 to 13 votes.

Udall, Bennet seek investigation of Transocean’s $1B shareholder payout

By | 05.24.10 | 2:13 pm

Colorado U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined 16 other Senate Democrats in demanding the Justice Department investigate $1 billion in shareholder dividends paid out this week by Transocean Ltd., the Swiss company operating the Deepwater Horizon oil rig…