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Rep. Lamborn urging generals who disagree with Obama to resign

Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn said that "behind the scenes" he and other Republican members of Congress were encouraging military officers to resign in...

Lamborn won’t debate the upstart

  Rep. Doug Lamborn's spokesman told The Gazette that the Republican congressman wouldn't debate Democrat Irv Halter, the retired Air Force major general who's trying...

Deadend Democrats

  Colorado’s 5th Congressional District is about as red as they come. It’s home to the conservative Christian non-profit Focus on the Family, multiple military...

Lamborn says no problems at local VA, others beg to differ

Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District has been taking some heat in connection with the shortcomings of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system.

For Colorado congressman on the defensive, VA reform bill couldn’t come...

  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to reform the troubled Veterans Affairs department. It's expected to quickly clear the Senate and...

Democrat takes fundraising lead in Colorado Springs

  IN the deeply red 5th congressional district, it’s Democratic challenger Irv Halter who has the fundraising edge over Republican incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn. New FEC...

Irv Halter, next electoral opponent for embattled Rep. Lamborn, woos Republicans

"Your current Congressman has been a professional politician for over 20 years. He has become comfortable and complacent in Washington... That's not what our founders intended."

Lamborn ekes out GOP primary win in 5th Congressional District

In Congressional District 5, the election was so close that it wasn’t until 10:45 p.m. Tuesday that retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn finally called to congratulate incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn.

House leaders stump for Coffman, Lamborn amid protest

At what was billed a "pro-Israel" breakfast, sponsored by former Sen. Bill Armstrong and former Gov. Bill Owens, Cantor decried what he called the Obama administration's inaction on Syria.

Wiretap: Dropping dud jobs and bunk insurance is… a bad thing?

Now nearly everyone agrees the CBO report says 2 million will leave their jobs because they're no longer trapped there by health insurance concerns. Good news or bad news?