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Colorado delegation splits on Obama’s Iran deal

In about two weeks, Congress is expected to vote on whether to back the deal regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons proposal. Congressional Democrats are beginning...

Trans-Pacific Partnership fast-track is back on track

The House this morning gave President Obama another shot at the Trans-Pacific Partnership, passing an amendment that will give the President fast-track authority to...

What you need to know about the Colorado delegation’s votes on...

The centerpiece economic policy of the Obama administration is teetering on the brink. Two votes in the House of Representatives later today will decide if...

Colorado Republicans all vote for politically hot, doomed federal anti-abortion bill

Colorado lawmakers in the U.S. House on Wednesday split along party lines on a bill that would ban nearly all late-term abortions across the...

House Dems in court brief defend Obama immigration orders

"I hope the court works this out as expeditiously as possible so my constituents can have the peace of mind that their families won't be torn apart."

On ‘Cromnibus,’ Lamborn, Polis at polar ends of opposition, but in...

The so-called Cromnibus government-funding bill passed in the House last night. It was a tight vote that saw hardline conservatives and progressives oppose an...

Eye on the Delegation: In the wake of the shutdown and...

How did members of the Colorado delegation respond in the wake of yesterday's vote to end the standoff? They all voted for the deal, except Fifth District Republican Doug Lamborn, a member of the so-called suicide caucus.

Eye on the Delegation: Defund Obamacare or shutdown the gov’t?

Friday morning, House Republicans voted again nearly unanimously to defund Obamacare, this time as part of a short-term spending bill necessary to keep government offices open and government services running.

Coffman backs move to force feds to respect states’ rights on...

Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette introduced legislation today that would exempt states from federal laws banning the sale, possession and use of small amounts of marijuana by adults. The bill so far is being co-sponsored by Colorado Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Mike Coffman.

Colorado reps seek state exemption from federal pot prohibition laws

In the wake of this week's historic vote to legalize marijuana in Colorado, the state's three Democratic U.S. House members are drafting legislation aimed at easing the tension between the new state law and longstanding federal prohibition of the drug.
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