Announcements
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 12:16 PM
All of the state-level ballot measures are now available on the website, along with analyses done by the Colorado Legislative Council (“Blue Book”) and in some cases, the Bell Policy Center has contributed an analysis, as well. We should all...
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Posted on September 1, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Fellow Dems,
I officially have the key to our new headquarters. For those of you who didn’t attend the meeting we had a couple weeks ago to determine whether and how to have a headquarters it was decided...
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Posted on August 31, 2010 at 8:57 PM
DENVER – Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak released the following statement in response to President Obama’s address from the Oval Office on the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq:
Tonight President Obama spoke directly to the...
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Posted on August 29, 2010 at 10:47 PM
There is an article in the New Yorker that I think we all should take a look at. It is the story of the Koch brothers and their corporate influences in modern American politics. Turns out, they are the...
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Posted on August 16, 2010 at 11:20 AM
DENVER- – Scott Tipton, the Republican candidate for Congressional District 3 has announced that he is planning to host a fundraiser featuring disgraced former White House aide Dick Morris in Grand Junction on August 17.
Morris was forced to leave...
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Government Action
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 12:14 PM
We can’t overstate the importance of ensuring Colorado’s seniors have the services and support they need to continue leading healthy and productive lives. As a member of the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, I take this responsibility to heart,...
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Posted on August 25, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Small businesses drive our economy. But while Colorado’s small businesses and entrepreneurs are ready to grow and create jobs, they are still struggling to obtain access to credit and lending in this savage economy.
For months, a group of...
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Posted on August 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM
From the snow-capped Rocky Mountain National Park to the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, and many parks in between, we are blessed to live in a state filled with some of nature’s most spectacular landscapes. In what documentary filmmaker...
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Posted on August 13, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- On August 14, 1935 – 75 years ago this month – President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.
- At that time, half of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Social Security was intended to “take care of...
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Posted on August 12, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Friends,
I’ve only been in the Senate a short while, but I’ve made it a priority to change the way Washington does business.
All too often, partisan wrangling leads to gridlock and inaction. Instead of actually doing their jobs, members of...
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