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Republicans blowing up military’s plans for alternative energy; Democrats...
The fight over America’s energy policy has a new battleground: the Department of Defense budget. House Republicans passed a pair of provisions Friday that would stymie the military’s efforts to...
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Help wanted: Supporters for coal lobby
DENVER — The coal industry is resorting to online classifieds to bolster its ranks. “We hear stories of people paying folks $50 through Craigslist to come and wear shirts supporting ‘Coal for...
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Polis jumps into congressional fight over oil shale subsidies
It is a common refrain in this Republican House of Representatives that Congress should not “pick winners and losers” in the energy marketplace. The comment is usually made while debating subsidies for...
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Polis amendment to strip funding for oil shale passes by one vote
Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’ amendment to strip $25 million in subsidies for oil shale passed the House today on a 208-207 vote. The money will be redirected to deficit reduction. The measure failed...
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Pace blasts Tipton for pro-spending vote
Today, Democratic congressional candidate Sal Pace blasted Third District incumbent Republican Scott Tipton for voting against a 10 percent cut in the congressional franking budget, which pays for...
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In Colorado, congressional challengers are opening their personal wallets
Depending on how things go in Colorado’s primaries June 26 and in the general election in November, this will either be the year that congressional challengers were able to buy their way into office or...
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Pace rips Tipton for fire prevention flip-flop
As partisan bickering grew heated Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., under pressure from his Republican colleagues, changed his vote on a fire-prevention measure at the last minute. The...
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Fifth District race getting weird as it goes down to the wire
The race for the Republican nomination for the Fifth District congressional seat, centered in Colorado Springs, grows weirder by the day. You’ve got three-term incumbent Doug Lamborn waging a war of...
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Colorado fires unite delegation in Washington (updated)
The nine-member Colorado delegation to Washington announced today it is working together as a bipartisan group to wring as much help as it can from the federal government to address the wildfires...
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More than 2 million comments collected in support of EPA’s new emissions...
Almost 50,000 Coloradans sent comments to the EPA in support of its new carbon pollution standards. (Image courtesy of Environment Colorado)Conservation groups announced Thursday that they have...
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Lamborn Spearheads Coal Industry Push to Mine Near Streams
Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is pressing to lift restrictions that keep coal mining companies from conducting operations within 100 feet of streams. The Colorado Springs Republican has sponsored...
View ArticleColorado Rep. Coffman Targeted by League of Conservation Voters
Mike Coffman, Republican representative of Colorado’s now toss-up Sixth Congressional District, is drawing fire from long-established national environmental group the League of Conservation Voters. A...
View ArticlePolitics of disaster relief catch up with Colorado Republicans
In recent years, disaster relief aid has become the subject of intense and sometimes ugly debate on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers whose constituents have lost their homes and their loved ones in floods...
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Eye on the Delegation: Defund Obamacare or shutdown the gov’t?
The Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” the nation’s sweeping health care reform law, was signed into law in March of 2010. The Supreme Court found it constitutional in June of 2012. Some provisions...
View ArticleIn shutdown drama, debunked Obamacare ‘carve out’ story again shuffles onto...
On Monday, Colorado Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn made his case for the government shutdown standoff in Washington by citing temporary funding bills passed in the House that have included...
View ArticleLamborn, Colorado’s ‘suicide caucus’ member, determined to battle over debt...
On Tuesday, Day Eight of the government shutdown, Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn sent a message to constituents saying he was prepared to battle the Democratic-controlled Senate and President Obama...
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Eye on the Delegation: In the wake of the shutdown and near-default
A deal struck on Capitol Hill Wednesday night opened the government after a two-week shutdown and avoided default on the nation’s debt, which analysts across the ideological spectrum warned would wreak...
View ArticleLamborn draws early campaign fire for ‘suicide caucus’ votes
Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn was one of the House Republicans who spearheaded the move to threaten a government shutdown unless the Senate and President Obama agreed to dismantle the Affordable...
View ArticleWiretap: Dropping dud jobs and bunk insurance is… a bad thing?
The debate continues on whether the CBO report on Obamacare says that it’s a job killer. Now nearly everyone agrees it doesn’t say that at all — but that 2 million will leave their jobs because...
View ArticleHouse leaders stump for Coffman, Lamborn amid protest
U.S. HOUSE Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor dipped briefly into Colorado politics to take part in a fundraiser for Congressmen Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, and Mike Coffman,...
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