Tag: Congress
Wiretap: Congress resumes: Let the jousting begin
Show down
And so it begins. As Cruz and Trump hit the GOP leadership in an anti-Iran-deal rally, the House conservatives -- the really conservative...
Wiretap: How Obama can push the Clean Power Act without Congress...
Court ruling
Obama's greenhouse-gas rules are meant to accomplish many things, including convincing other nations to follow suit. But maybe the most important component of...
House passes historic marijuana legislation
This week, the House of Representatives approved a slate of historically weed-friendly amendments to the annual bill funding the Department of Justice.
"We’re really, really close...
Wiretap: Bureaucracy, budgets, anti-government fear-mongering blamed for Amtrak train wreck
Positive control
Why wasn't the positive train control system that Congress had ordered in 2008 in place before the deadly Amtrak train wreck? The system,...
Cory Gardner looks for win-win stance on immigration reform
Immigration reform is a key issue in Colorado elections, where 14 percent of the voting population is Hispanic and where 70 percent of voters overall support reform. Protests in favor of immigration reform, or of at least staying deportations, have become near-weekly fixtures of the state’s tight political races.
Romanoff out-raises Coffman, despite eschewing PAC money
The numbers underline support for the Romanoff candidacy but they advertise the feasibility of a fundraising strategy the candidate has adopted that has been criticized as unrealistic.
Romanoff campaign targets Coffman on equal pay in recent internet ad
Fighting to win a seat in Congress out of Colorado's swingiest swing district, Andrew Romanoff's campaign released the second in a series of online attack ads directed towards incumbent Republican Mike Coffman this week.
Romanoff releases introductory online ad
Cereal, solar power, waking your kind up for school with a bullhorn, Romanoff's introductory ad is all about those middle class families.
Colo. hunger watchers welcome long-stalled farm bill deal
Congress spent two years kicking the can down the road, but it appears members are finally prepared to vote on a farm bill this week.
The real point of Obama’s speech
The President didn't have much new to offer in his State of the Union address -- in fact, nothing really new -- but he did, it turns out, have a lot to say.