The seven members of Colorado’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation will cast historic votes Wednesday on whether to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump. Looking back, it now seems the vote was inevitable. As with past impeachments, there has been a strong partisan tinge to the debate. The state’s three Republican representatives were clear from the start tha... Read more »
The price of a new invention usually falls as more people adopt it, but prescription drug prices somehow defy gravity. Coloradans, like all Americans, pay among the highest drug prices in the world, and prices keep climbing. We can’t change the laws of physics, but we can and must change federal law to bring needed relief. For prescription drugs on the market, you might expect any price increase t... Read more »
It was just a friendly Christmas decorating competition in the Longworth House Office Building halls. But then, an innocent snowman was slain. Kathryn Lyons investigates. Watch the video here. Content originally published by Roll Call on December 13, 2019. Read more »
Rep. Val B. Demings was overheard this week telling a reporter she felt “pressure” to step up her office’s holiday decorations after fellow Florida Rep. Charlie Crist displayed a quintessential light-up palm tree and flamingo outside his. The 7.5-foot inflatable holiday Mickey Mouse (she represents the Orlando area, home to Disney World) that guards her door declined to comment on the matter — per... Read more »
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Congressman Ed Perlmutter are supporting former workers at the Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear weapons facility. They are being denied financial help after developing cancer. Bennet and Perlmutter, both Democrats representing Colorado in Congress, have asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its decision not to allow those who worked there after 1... Read more »
Colorado’s four U.S. House Democrats appear to be on a one-way road to impeaching President Donald Trump, but they merged onto it at different times and for different reasons. One saw impeachment as warranted last year, and the year before. Another, having already voted against impeaching a prior president, saw considerable evidence in April’s release of the Mueller report. Two others were skepti... Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act on Friday by a vote of 228-187, with only one Republican joining all Democrats in voting yes. All four Colorado Democrats — U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, Jason Crow and Ed Perlmutter — were cosponsors of the legislation, a response to the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case of Shelby County v. Holder. In that ruling, on a ... Read more »
When talk of a possible impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump began to circulate in Congress, Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter was leery. He issued a statement that said Congress should “keep working on the nuts and bolts issues that matter most to Americans, like reducing the costs of health care and rebuilding our infrastructure.” Similarly, after the 2018 midterm elections, Perlmutter, w... Read more »
The House Judiciary Committee will resume impeachment hearings Monday morning, kicking off a historic week of congressional action that could see them send articles of impeachment to the full House. Last week, we asked for your input on the attempted impeachment of President Donald Trump and you responded with quantity and quality — dozens of emails asking smart and informative questions about a r... Read more »
