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Lawmakers: Stop investigating Planned Parenthood

Five members of Congress, including Denver Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, are calling on their Republican colleagues to end the investigations into Planned Parenthood. The request...

Rally to remove JoAnn Windholz hits the Capitol Tuesday

Rep. JoAnn Windholz referred to Planned Parenthood as the "real culprit" in the shooting at a Colorado Springs clinic. Tuesday, activists will rally at...

Did Camille, a Democratic robot, call to talk about Mike Coffman?

  Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion across the land. And if you live...

Coloradans react to Obama’s federal action on gun laws

President Barack Obama's executive action to tighten gun laws received a volley of criticism from Colorado Republicans and support from Democrats.   Saying Congress has failed...

Guess which Colorado lawmakers voted against the winning spending bill

  The U.S. House this morning approved a massive spending bill that will keep the government running until just before the 2016 election. But not all...

Most Colorado Republicans are silent after Planned Parenthood shooting — but...

Republican state legislators who held a day-long “trial” of Planned Parenthood three weeks ago have been largely silent about last Friday’s shooting, at a...

Reader’s view: Coffman’s failed oversight of the Aurora VA Hospital

Dear Editor, In a Denver Post guest commentary last month, Rep. Mike Coffman pointed fingers at President Obama’s administration for mismanaging the Aurora VA Hospital...

Rep. Mike Coffman accused of violating House ethics rules

Rep. Mike Coffman is being accused of violating House ethics rules for providing the National Republican Congressional Committee with his legislative agenda -- including...

Video: LGBT Republicans deem Rep. Mike Coffman their “Superfriend” — and...

Face beaming, arms crossed, Rep. Mike Coffman stands proud, his aqua-marine cape blowing in the breeze. His body is a cartoon. His grin is wide....

GOP forces Obama’s Gitmo shutdown plans into 2016 debate

Sen. Cory Gardner sent a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday demanding that the Department of Defense drop any plans to transfer detainees from the Guantanamo...