Gridlocked U.S. Senate thin on women lawmakers

There are only 17 women in the 100-member U.S. Senate, which is one of so many under-the-radar problems exacerbating gridlock in the dysfunctional chamber, the Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel reports. By comparison, 17 is the same number of women who presently sit in the 35-member Colorado senate. The upshot, according to the lawmakers Terkel talked to, is that the family, health and poverty issues at the heart of daily national life are inadequately addressed and compromise and problem-solving are reduced to four-letter words.

Udall: GOP DREAM Act filibuster a divisive ‘political tool’

Colorado Sen. Mark Udall today had sharp words for Senate Republicans who derailed the DREAM Act, a bill that would create a path to citizenship for undocumented workers who come to the United States as minors.

GOP Latino group calls on Republican senators to support DREAM Act

Latino advocacy group Somos Republicans is calling on GOP Senators to support the youth-immigrant DREAM Act when it comes up for vote Thursday and warns lawmakers that voting against the bill will have electoral consequences. The group points out…

Bennet pleads case at CU Boulder: ‘If you vote, we win’

BOULDER — Swinging through University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder campus minutes ago, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet pleaded soft and loud for students here to vote today. After speaking with several tables of students in the first room he entered,…

Udall pushes for renewable energy standard over August recess

Proponents of a renewable energy standard, which would require that a certain percentage of the country’s electricity be produced from sources like wind and solar, have ramped up efforts to convince Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass such…

Buck looks forward to uniting party in run against Bennet

LOVELAND – Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck celebrated his primary win Tuesday night over Jane Norton as a victory for true conservative principles and the willingness to stand up for them against an unresponsive Washington culture of excess.

Romanoff concedes to Bennet, says he’ll help incumbent win in November

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet campaign spokesman Trevor Kincaid told the Colorado Independent that Democratic primary challenger Andrew Romanoff just called Bennet and conceded the race and said he would do anything he could to help Bennet win in November’s general…

Poll: Bennet would lead in general election

Tom Jensen has released a Primary Day report on a Public Policy Polling survey that found Coloradans don’t like any of their options for U.S. Senate. Sen. Michael Bennet is the leader among the unloved. In a general election, Jansen…

Former Sen. Hart, climate experts urge ‘aggressive’ action by Obama

Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, now a Wirth Chair professor at the University of Colorado-Denver, is part of a group of climate change policy experts urging President Barack Obama to act aggressively on the issue in the wake of the U.S. Senate giving up on passing a comprehensive climate change bill this session.

Udall ski-area alternative activity bill clears committee vote

Sen. Mark Udall’s bill to promote year-round recreation at ski areas cleared a critical committee vote late last week and is headed to a vote of the full U.S. Senate.

First introduced in 2008 and then revived last summer,…