Tag: Jared Polis
Bennet’s public option supporters mystified by Udall’s ‘weird’ silence
A trio of groups that has been rallying support for the public option health insurance plan is puzzled over the fact the Colorado Democratic...
Markey, Polis back Fair Elections Now Act
The Fair Elections Now Act aims to limit the influence of the big money special interests who now mostly fund the nation's electoral campaigns....
Poll: Bennet right on the public option; Norton wrong
U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton railed against Sen. Michael Bennet this week for a letter he wrote in favor of passing health reform legislation...
Poll: Public health-insurance option a winner with Colorado voters
The Wall Street Journal Wednesday painted a bleak picture of Capitol Hill Democrats wandering about without a map on health reform in the wake...
The Polis public-option letter and its supporters
Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis drafted a letter with fellow Democratic freshman Chellie Pingree, urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to revisit the Senate...
Bold Polis strategy to pass a public option gains momentum
Colorado Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis's bold move to pass health reform legislation that would include a public health insurance option has gained significant support in the week since he first began circulating among lawmakers and on the web a letter that he co-authored with Maine Democrat Chellie Pingree outlining the idea. Polis sent the letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today with the signatures of 120 Representatives attached.
Udall sees opportunity for bipartisan ‘reset’ after speech
Colorado Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall said he shared in the willingness Pres. Obama expressed in his State of the Union address tonight to reach across the aisle and work with Republicans to lift health care reform legislation over the last hurdles and make sure it passes into law. Udall told the Colorado Independent that he saw positive signs in the House chamber during the speech that suggested there is willingness on the part of Democrats and Republicans to work together.
Green investors target financial risks of hydraulic fracturing of gas wells
Green investment groups representing shareholders in the cleaner-than-coal natural gas industry are pressuring the nation’s major drilling companies to come clean on the process...
Polis CNN foil Chaffetz looks to kick college football into national...
When it comes to college football and politics, Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz knows better than most that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold; he just wishes his consumption of those dishes ate up a little less airtime on CNN’s “Freshman Year.”
Freshman Year, the gay marriage episode: Polis versus Chaffetz
Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is an openly gay Democrat internet millionaire who fights for gay rights. Utah U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz is a...