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U.S. House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach Trump

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Friday morning along party lines, setting up a...

Colorado Rep. Buck to Dems: Vote for impeachment and say goodbye...

WASHINGTON — A Colorado Democrat on Wednesday night delivered a forceful plea for the U.S. House to impeach President Donald Trump, while his Republican...

Littwin: Does knowing how the coming Senate impeachment trial will end...

For the longest time, Nancy Pelosi was the leader of the Democratic non-impeachment camp. She said Donald Trump wasn’t worth the effort, which is,...

Colorado Rep. Ken Buck’s question to Mueller delights Dems 

WASHINGTON — One of the lines Democrats are seizing on from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony came from Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, the...

Colorado’s DeGette and Neguse: ‘It is time’ for impeachment inquiry The...

WASHINGTON -- Colorado representatives are among U.S. House lawmakers pushing for an inquiry into impeaching President Donald Trump as congressional Democrats grow increasingly frustrated...

New poll, same message: Coloradans strongly favor equal rights for gay...

Survey results released by Public Policy Polling this week underline broad support in Colorado for some form of legislation that would grant gay couples equal partnership rights. Although Republican members of the House Judicial Committee last year quashed a popular civil unions bill, PPP found that even among Colorado Republican voters, support for civil unions-style legislation is now nearing 60 percent.

With civil unions blog post, Mitchell points finger at lawmakers who...

Conservative state Senator Shawn Mitchell voted against the same-sex civil unions bill introduced this legislative session in Colorado, and there was nothing surprising about that. He did surprise, however, with his silence on the chamber floor during debate and with his absence in the media coverage around the bill. Turns out Mitchell, a high-profile opponent of gay rights in the past but also a strong libertarian and no prude, was waffling.

Colbert tells Congress how he tried and failed to take an...

Now that Senate Democrats have indicated that they will not vote on whether to extend the Bush tax cuts before midterm elections, the biggest...

Polis questions Holder on immigration and marijuana

Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis (CD2) used his first hearing appearance as a member of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday to question U.S. Attorney...