By Mike Soraghan and Anne C. Mulkern
Washington - Colorado Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar gave wholehearted backing Friday to a ban on lawsuits against gun manufacturers and sellers by crime victims, leaving gun-control advocates in the state feeling betrayed and gun-rights forces pleased.
By Anne C. Mulkern
Washington - On her 48th birthday, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette awoke to what she called the best present she ever received, one gift-wrapped by Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
DeGette, D-Colo., learned Friday morning that Frist had cautiously endorsed the Senate version of a bill she co-authored and helped […]
By Kirk Mitchell
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo’s remarks about bombing Islamic holy sites, including Mecca, were so inflammatory and insensitive that a simple apology is not enough, Muslim officials said Saturday at a Denver rally.
“He needs to be removed from office,” said Gerald Muhammad, a Nation of Islam minister from Denver. “We’re not […]
By Jeffrey Leib
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat from Denver, appears to have pulled off a coup by securing $50 million for Union Station redevelopment in the new $286 billion multi- year transportation bill passed by lawmakers Friday.
The chairman of the Republican Party said Friday that the party backs U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, despite rifts the Colorado congressman has created with some Hispanic groups.
By Mike Soraghan
Washington - Congress today is set to pass a sweeping energy bill intended to boost domestic production amid a boom in oil and gas drilling across the West.
The legislation passed the House 275-156 Thursday and is expected to be voted on today by the Senate. It contains $14.5 billion in […]
By Anne C. Mulkern
Washington - Armed with decades-old documents and a fierce resolve, a Colorado widow who believes she has the right to stay in her Rocky Mountain National Park summer home pleaded her case Thursday before lawmakers.
Betty Dick, 83, told senators the government reneged on a 1979 agreement to let her […]
By Mike Soraghan
Saying that President Bush believes “Islam is a religion that teaches peace,� a White House spokesman addressed Rep. Tom Tancredo’s controversial remarks about attacking Muslim holy sites for the first time Thursday.
By The Denver Post
The U.S. Senate confirmed Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson to the federal Election Assistance Commission, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., announced Thursday.
By Mike Soraghan
Washington - Rep. Tom Tancredo told a Muslim group (pictured) Wednesday that he was sorry if anyone was offended when he suggested the bombing of Islamic holy sites in retaliation for a nuclear attack by terrorists.
But his spokesman said later that Tancredo did not retract his comments.
By Anne C. Mulkern and Steve Lipsher
Washington - On the eve of a U.S. Senate hearing considering an 83-year-old Colorado widow’s plea to remain in her Rocky Mountain National Park summer home, the National Park Service offered Wednesday to endorse her permanent stay with three stringent conditions.
By Nancy Lofholm
When government bureaucracy stalls, not even a 60-ton block of rock can move it.
A marble slab sitting in a quarry parking lot near Marble - envisioned as the replacement for the cracking Tomb of the Unknowns memorial in Washington - proves the point.
Instead of heading to Arlington National Cemetery, the […]
By Mike Soraghan
Washington - Congress is expected to vote this week on a comprehensive energy bill that would speed up development of oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West as a way to help wean the United States from foreign oil.
The federal government could begin selling leases for oil-shale development in western Colorado […]
By Mike Soraghan
Washington - The final piece of legislation needed to create the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in eastern Colorado is on its way to the White House after gaining final congressional passage, Sen. Wayne Allard said Tuesday.
By Anne C. Mulkern
Washington - A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled their plan to overhaul how the government funds veterans’ health care, a response to news in June that the Bush administration underfunded such programs by as much as $2 billion.
But the proposal — co-sponsored by Ken Salazar of Colorado — […]