Tag: Diana Degette

  DENVER -- In the week after news broke that Colorado Congressman Cory Gardner would halt his reelection bid and run instead for the chance...

  DENVER -- The young woman walks along a sidewalk toward an abortion clinic. She's intercepted by an older woman she doesn't know. They talk....

How did members of the Colorado delegation respond in the wake of yesterday's vote to end the standoff? They all voted for the deal, except Fifth District Republican Doug Lamborn, a member of the so-called suicide caucus.

Friday morning, House Republicans voted again nearly unanimously to defund Obamacare, this time as part of a short-term spending bill necessary to keep government offices open and government services running.

In the wake of this week's historic vote to legalize marijuana in Colorado, the state's three Democratic U.S. House members are drafting legislation aimed at easing the tension between the new state law and longstanding federal prohibition of the drug.

While many politicians are playing it safe, saying it is too soon to talk about gun laws or saying they don’t want to “politicize” the Colorado and now Wisconsin shootings, Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter have been outspoken about their desire for more stringent regulation.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

The nine-member Colorado delegation to Washington announced today it is working together as a bipartisan group to wring as much help as it can from the federal government to address the wildfires presently raging across the state, fouling the air across hundreds of miles of the Front Range, racking up enormous sums in damages and displacing tens of thousands of residents.

As concerns mount over oil and gas rigs inching closer to several Colorado schools, legislators are looking toward 2013 to sort out whether local controls should take a backseat to state regulations.

DENVER — The coal industry is resorting to online classifieds to bolster its ranks. “We hear stories of people paying folks $50 through Craigslist to come and wear shirts supporting 'Coal for America,'” Lisa Jackson, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrator and surprise guest at the “Rebel With A Cause” gala, told a ballroom of activists on Thursday night.