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Tancredo, Allard ride off into political sunset

before," Tancredo said. "I have a sense of accomplishment. It makes me feel good." Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., speaks at the All-American Presidential Forums program, in 2007. (AP | Nick Wass) WASHINGTON — The way Tom ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  5 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Tom Tancredo,  Ricky Nelson,  U.S. Senate,  John Wayne

Salazar out to tame interior

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One Interior Department scandal featured sex, drugs and influence peddling. Another involved politics trumping science in endangered-species rulings. Then there are the agency's intractable problems, such as the $8.7 billion ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  29 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ken Salazar,  Gale Norton,  George W. Bush

Support for auto bailout on fence

WASHINGTON — As the White House debated emergency funding for the Big Three automakers, most in Colorado's U.S. Congress delegation gave qualified support for helping the car companies. The Senate on Thursday night blocked a bailout bill. But the ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  13 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Mark Udall,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  George W. Bush

Groff: Federal aid will help fix bridges

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan to give states money for transportation projects will help Colorado start to repair 126 flawed bridges, state Senate President Peter Groff said Wednesday at a forum on the incoming ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Peter Groff,  U.S. Senate,  Franklin D. Roosevelt,  Eric Holder

"He's a real farmer"

U.S. Rep. John Salazar, left, and his brother Ken are pictured in 2004 on the family farm. (Associated Press file photo ) WASHINGTON — John Salazar's name immediately came to mind when the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama asked the ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  4 Dec 2008
Related Topics: John Salazar,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Ken Salazar,  Collin Peterson

States' stimulus: Colo. paves way for quick action

WASHINGTON — Money spent on highways and power-transmission lines would help fuel the economy, Gov. Bill Ritter said Tuesday as governors urged President-elect Barack Obama to include $136 billion in infrastructure projects in a federal stimulus ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  3 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Ritter,  U.S. Congress,  Ken Salazar,  U.S. Democratic Party

Senators giving "out of office" goodbyes

WASHINGTON — For U.S. senators leaving their jobs in January, partial retirement already is here. The website for Republican Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado tells constituents he's no longer taking their comments. Republican Sens. Larry Craig of Idaho ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  25 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Larry Craig,  Wayne Allard

Senator blocks action on lands bill

WASHINGTON — A sweeping bill that would protect swaths of land in Colorado from development and fund restoration projects is stalled until next year, blocked by a Republican opponent. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told Democrats that ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  20 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Harry Reid,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Tom Coburn

Salazar for Interior is all talk, so far

WASHINGTON — Speculation about Sen. Ken Salazar as interior secretary in the Obama administration appears to be just that. No one from President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has spoken with Salazar about the position, the Colorado Democrat ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ken Salazar,  U.S. Democratic Party

Dems vote to keep Lieberman

Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, talks to reporters Tuesday after the Democrats voted to let him continue to caucus with them. (Gerald Herbert, The Associated Press ) WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Tuesday allowed Sen. Joe ...

From ANNE C. MULKERN, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Senate,  Ken Salazar

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