Tag: hickenlooper
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Senate advances war powers resolution on Venezuela
The Senate advanced a measure to block the use of troops in Venezuela Thursday morning. The measure was approved on a vote of 52-47, after five Republicans voted with Democrats, ensuring a later vote for final passage on the measure that would require President Donald Trump to get permission from Congress to send troops to…
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EDITORIAL: An easy out for Colorado’s play-it-safe senators
If Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper ever want a glimpse at some profiles in courage, they don’t have to look far in the Senate chamber. They’ll find several among fellow Democrats on their own side of the aisle, in fact. Seven Senate Democrats and an independent showed pluck in voting with the…
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EDITORIAL: Reopen government — put Coloradans back in the air
We’re still wondering if some U.S. Senate Democrats are willing to set aside politics long enough to vote with Republicans to reopen government — and avoid chaos in air travel. We realize the Senate minority in Washington wants concessions — as of Friday, they sought a one-year extension of health-care tax credits — but first…
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EDITORIAL: Will Bennet, Hick help reopen our government?
Now that the nation’s largest labor union for federal employees — a bastion of Democratic Party support — is calling on U.S. Senate Democrats to end the federal government shutdown, will the lawmakers listen? And will Colorado’s own Democratic U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper heed the union’s appeal to their party this week…
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Democrat Michael Bennet’s Colorado gubernatorial campaign raises more than $1.7 million for quarter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado gubernatorial candidate Michael Bennet, the state’s senior U.S. senator, raised more than $1.7 million in the year’s second quarter, the Democrat’s campaign said Monday. Bennet finished the fundraising period — his first in the race — with more than $1.3 million in the bank…
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Amache national historic site bill passes U.S. House, heads to Senate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Camp Amache, a Japanese American incarceration camp that imprisoned over 7,000 in southeast Colorado, took one step closer to becoming a national park Thursday. The Amache National Historic Site Act, a bipartisan effort to preserve and learn from the legacy of the notorious incarceration camp,…
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Amache national historic site bill passes U.S. House, heads to Senate
Camp Amache, a Japanese American incarceration camp that imprisoned over 7,000 in southeast Colorado, took one step closer to becoming a national park Thursday. The Amache National Historic Site Act, a bipartisan effort to preserve and learn from the legacy of the notorious incarceration camp, was overwhelmingly passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on…
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Hickenlooper: ‘We’re in a cyber war’
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday said he supported taking action against international cybercriminals and the nations that harbor them while touring the National Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs. A cyberattack on Friday was the largest ransomware attack on record, affecting businesses in at least 17 countries. It was yet another example of the kind…
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Hickenlooper: ‘We’re in a cyber war’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday said he supported taking action against international cybercriminals and the nations that harbor them while touring the National Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs. A cyberattack on Friday was the largest ransomware attack on record, affecting businesses in at least…
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ELECTION 2020 | Colorado Results
Here’s a wrap-up of the 2020 election results in Colorado as of Wednesday night. (Video by Skyler Ballard and Katie Klann)