While the state House has voted to take a four day recess later this month, the Senate voted to shoot down the idea. That is until House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, stormed into the upper chamber Wednesday in an effort to make Senators think twice.
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Some Republican state lawmakers have colleagues cringing. Their words have sparked debate over the future of the party.
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Venue for stimulus bill signing no model for open government
A Face the State Staff Report
February 17, 2009With a stroke of the pen today, President Barack Obama will enact the largest single federal spending package in history. He will do so inside Denver's Museum of Nature and Science, a facility heavily subsidized by Denver taxpayers and one that stands in stark contrast with Obama's own pledges regarding open government.
Weissmann needs a vaca...bad!
February 13, 2009Tancredo, state GOP legislators say Denver has broken state law
A Face the State Staff Report
October 20, 2008
Calling Denver a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants, GOP state lawmakers have joined anti-immigration stalwart Congressman Tom Tancredo to request that Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, cut off state funding to the city. The Republicans charge that the Denver is not complying with a state law requiring law enforcement officials to hand over criminal arrestees alleged to be illegal aliens to federal authorities.
Dudley Brown: "Guns Up" Approach to Political Advocacy
A Face the State Staff Report
July 2, 2008Colorado’s political activists come in all shapes and sizes, and so do their budgets. Millionaire Democrats Tim Gill and Pat Stryker regularly see their political tactics grace the front pages, and they have become famous for pumping unprecedented cash into state legislative races. But there is another kind of activist in Colorado attempting to turn the political wheels. He operates on a shoestring budget, and his fellow Republicans have called his methodology controversial, uncompromising and on a bad day, damaging to conservative causes.
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