Tag: Betsy Markey
Gardner maintains tight lead over Markey in Fourth
Polling released today by Penn Schoen Berland shows what we probably already knew: Fourth District Congresswoman Betsy Markey is in a very tight race...
Markey outdraws ‘young gun’ Gardner in NRA endorsement showdown
The National Rifle Association is bestowing its influential endorsement on Congresswoman Betsy Markey, according to the National Review. That surely comes as a shot...
Markey gets award from farming group Cory Gardner belongs to
The Colorado Independent got a press release today from Democratic Congresswoman Betsy Markey announcing that she had won the 2010 Golden Triangle Award from...
Colorado nabs $100 million for rural broadband
Colorado’s congressional delegation today joined U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in announcing more than $100 million in grant funding for the Longmont-based Centennial Board...
State, federal health reform expands Medicaid eligibility by 200K in Colorado
The Colorado Health Institute, the state's non-partisan non-ideological non-profit source for health care information, is reporting that state and federal laws passed in the...
Ferrandino calls out Gardner on foreclosure legislation claims
State Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, is questioning whether state Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, is telling the whole story when it comes to his support of foreclosure legislation.
For Betsy Markey, Obama may be a ‘walking radioactive disaster’
The National Journal's Reid Wilson this morning quoted a lot of "Democratic operatives" and "prominent pollsters" in a piece about the high-toxicity of the...
Congress narrowly passes CLEAR Act as Salazar joins GOP opposition
The U.S. House Friday evening narrowly passed the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act by 209-193 margin, with Colorado’s delegation split 3-3...
Markey joins Colorado Republicans in voting against unemployment extension
Colorado Fourth District Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey voted with Colorado Republican Reps. Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman against extending unemployment benefits to jobless constituents...
Gardner trying mightily to tie Markey to Obama on job losses
Employment numbers are down in the 4th Congressional District, but not as far down as the rest of the state or the country, according...