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The latest Denver Post/Mason Dixon poll in the 4th Congression District shows incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave leading Democrat Angie Paccione by 10 percentage points. ...
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote one of the three National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed bills-H.R. 5092-that has the backing of...
Tomorrow the U.S. House Judiciary Committee will consider three NRA-backed bills that have the backing of the Colorado GOP delegation and Democrat Ken Salazar-all...
To the average citizen, a Congressional field hearing can seem like a direct expression of democracy. The truth is they are highly choregraphed affairs...
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, got at least one thing right during an informal Congressional...
President Bush is alleged to have angrily described the Constitution as "just a goddamned piece of paper!" Evidentally, someone in the Federal Building in...
Fourth Congressional District Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is hosting a campaign fundraising event this week which has again raised questions about her connections to ethically-challenged...
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave held a hearing in Loveland yesterday to take public comment on health care reform. Today, The Coloradan published Hearing gives Musgrave...