Archive for May, 2005

DeGette wins stem-cell fight via guts, guile

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

By Anne C. Mulkern
Washington - Teenager Cody Unser rolled her purple wheelchair into lawmaker Heather Wilson’s office seeking a favor. She wanted to walk again, and needed Wilson’s help.

Wilson, a New Mexico Republican who often votes anti-abortion, decided to support legislation expanding embryonic stem-cell research.
Republican Reps. Mary […]

Chief justice could come from Denver

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Washington - Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar had a very good Monday. Rep. Diana DeGette’s Tuesday was even better.
But the biggest winner of a week in which unruly moderates seized control of Congress might be someone you’ve passed a hundred times on the streets of Denver, not dreaming he could […]

Freshman Salazar stands with his seniors

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

By Mike Soraghan

Washington - When the senators who headed off the “nuclear option” took the stage, Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., was the only freshman among them.
Salazar stood with some of the most senior and powerful members of the Senate on Monday, after spending what he figures must have been 40 hours […]