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Salazar Recognized on Global Warming Issue

By | 05.02.08 | 12:23 pm

The Environmental Defense Action Fund, lobbying arm of the group Environmental Defense, has put Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar on its “Ten Senators to Watch”  on proposed congressional legislation concerning global warming.

Salazar Brothers Team Up to Find Balance in Energy Development

By | 03.19.08 | 10:34 am

PhotobucketWestern Colorado has seen the extractive industry come and go, so U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., and his brother, U.S. Congressman John Salazar, D-Manassas, hope to preserve Colorado’s natural beauty in unique places such as the Roan Plateau for future

Conflicts Converge Over Oil Shale Trust Fund

By | 02.22.08 | 2:21 pm

PhotobucketOnce upon a time during the oil-shale boom day in northwest Colorado, the federal government put some mineral-tax revenues into the Anvil Points Oil Shale Trust Fund to help local communities like Rifle and Meeker mitigate impacts. The feds froze

Et Tu, Brute?

By | 05.19.07 | 6:26 pm

Sen. Ken Salazar was only one of six Democratic Senators who supported Alberto Gonzales for the role of Attorney General, but now Salazar is asking Gonzales to resign. Salazar and Gonzales were professional associates that went beyond politics…until Friday.

Salazar, U.S. Senate Push for Debate on Immigration Reform

By | 05.09.07 | 1:22 pm

Sen. Ken Salazar joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and democratic Senators Edward Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, and Robert Menendez in a news conference today calling for a debate on comprehensive immigration reform beginning Monday on the Senate floor.

Questions…

New VA Clinic, Not a Moment Too Soon

By | 05.01.07 | 11:51 am

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) announced today the establishment of a new community-based Veterans Administration health care clinic in Burlington that is expected to serve 10,000 Colorado veterans.

“This is a great victory for the veterans of eastern Colorado,” said…

Sen. Salazar Makes a 180 on AG Gonzales

By | 03.20.07 | 1:35 pm

Sen. Ken Salazar was a witness for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Judge Alberto Gonzales for U.S. Attorney General back in January of 2005.That move was highly criticized by Democrats.

However, in regards…

Bush’s Budget Defies Logic

By | 02.16.07 | 10:24 am

The military funding ballooned under the proposed 2008 budget presented by President Bush, warranting cuts in other departments. Hence, the common folk in Colorado are going to find lots of air where there used to be federal funding. That has…

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