- The congressman says his ‘service town halls’ use volunteering to take down the temperature on political conversations.
- Bennet negotiated $4 billion to fight drought, Hickenlooper pushed for a 1% excise tax on corporations’ stock buybacks
- Bennet at one point said he would not vote for the bill if drought provisions included didn’t work for the Upper Basin of the Colorado River. In the evenly divided Senate, all Democrats will have to support the reconciliation bill in order for it to pass.
- “I hope he doesn’t run. I don’t want to see him as president again,” the GOP Senate candidate told a talk radio host.
- Sen. Hickenlooper is getting credit for proposing a one-percent excise tax to offset changes required by the Arizona Senator.
- In a cavernous, wood-paneled Senate hearing room, Matt Crane testified in front of the judiciary committee Wednesday about the threats facing election workers in Colorado.
- The first salvo of ads attempt to link Bennet with President Joe Biden.
- Republicans generally opposed the package, arguing many of its provisions are counterproductive.
- Perlmutter, who’s retiring from Congress this year, says the game is an important place to build bipartisan friendships
- And it's not the first time Buck has pushed back against state policies that cover services for the undocumented population.
- Biden’s budget request included a $3.2 billion increase for drug control, with a focus on prevention, treatment and recovery infrastructure.
- Boebert originally said she would take legal action over “false and derogatory” claims the PAC made against her in the run up to the June 28 primary.
- The unsuccessful effort sought to boost conservative state Rep. Ron Hanks over businessman Joe O’Dea in the Republican U.S. Senate primary.
- The Colorado Outdoor and Recreation Economy Act includes four measures that would protect over 400,000 acres in Colorado through new wilderness, recreation and conservation areas.
- According to the Biden Administration, 150,702 households in Colorado have enrolled in the American Connectivity Program.
- All of Colorado’s Congressional Democrats voted for the package along with GOP Representative Doug Lamborn. Buck and Boebert voted no.
