Tag: Health and Human Services

Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana advocacy group, has said the federal charges filed against Highlands Ranch resident pot grower...

The dean of Colorado's Republican congressional delegation flexed his political muscle today with a strongly worded letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject his own HHS secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle -- who kicked off the Obama administration's campaign to “bring meaningful health reform” to all Americans at a conference in Denver two months ago -- withdrew as the nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday afternoon as criticism mounted over his late payment of more than $140,000 in back taxes and interest. Daschle stepped down less than 24 hours after delivering a plaintive apology and winning a ringing endorsement from President Barack Obama, who said Monday night he was "absolutely" standing by his choice to head HHS and steer a massive overhaul of the nation's health care system.