Tag: Mark Udall
Udall, Denver Water, Forest Service back Vail biomass plant to DOE
The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S. Department of Energy funding backed by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, the U.S. Forest Service and the Denver Water Board.
Udall wants change to military culture that ‘stigmatizes’ mental health care
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall vowed Thursday to "hold to his commitment" to make sure soldiers receive the best mental health treatment available after...
Udall grills Army Sec. nominee on Fort Carson killings, Piñon Canyon
The nominee to become secretary of the Army promised Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on Thursday he would read a two-part series published this week by the Colorado Springs Gazette examining a string of killings committed by soldiers from a Fort Carson unit. U.S. Rep. John McHugh, a New York Republican, said he had only learned about the articles yesterday, so he didn't directly address questions raised by senators about the Gazette's disturbing revelations during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The fog of the Senate floor: Milbank spies Udall and Bennet...
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote an odd and compelling speculative piece about the Thune Amendment gun-rights vote on the floor of the House...
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GUNS AND GAYNESS: CNN has done something really right. Its show, Freshman Year, available on the web is something like a...
U.S. Senate shoots down gun amendment
WASHINGTON -- In the year’s first high-profile legislative setback for the gun lobby, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday shot down legislation that would have scrapped state and local laws dictating who can carry concealed firearms.
The vote on the measure highlighted the chasm between lawmakers from less populous rural regions, where gun rights are sacrosanct, and those representing the more urban coastal states, where higher population densities and crime rates have led local governments to enact stricter limits on concealed-carry eligibility.Sens Udall and Bennet vote in favor of controversial gun-rights amendment
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Colorado's Democratic U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet today both voted in favor of an amendment to the Pentagon's budget bill that...
Ritter fires back at U.S. Sen. Inhofe for oil shale remarks
Gov. Bill Ritter is calling out Republican members of the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee for what he called a very partisan approach to the debate on climate change legislation and new energy versus traditional energy jobs.
National security hawks to rally support for Clean Energy Act
A group of national-security hawks who view the Clean Energy Act as critical to shoring up national defense say they're determined not to allow the legislation to be pigeonholed as strictly environmental law. They say they're taking their message across the country to voting districts where constituents rate national security a high priority but where there remains significant opposition to the act — and Colorado could be ground zero for the campaign.
Udall hearing examines 1872 mining law; reform pits Reid against Salazar,...
Pulling hard-rock minerals like uranium, gold and copper out of the ground is a royalty-free proposition in the United States, despite the often enormous costs of cleaning up public lands after the fact.