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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...

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...

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.

Legislation would consolidate programs to provide housing assistance

State Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, steered her bill to consolidate state resources past the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Thursday, with the committee passing it without objection