Failing in an effort to match the success of their Senate counterparts, House members on Tuesday watched as Republicans killed a budget amendment that would have prevented federal regulators from penalizing financial institutions that worked with legitimate marijuana businesses. Though a Senate committee last week passed a similar amendment,House Republicans in the Rules Committee blocked any vote on the amendment proposed by Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Arvada, and Rep. Denny Heck of Washington to the...
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Lakewood, Colo. – U.S. Representatives Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Jared Polis (CO-02), and Diana DeGette (CO-01), along with 110 other Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to the Obama Administration urging it to expand access to Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) for students who are eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In Colorado, there are over 16,000 DACA residents. Students who participate in TRIO are from low-income families and the first in...
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Two suspects are still at large after an armed robbery resulted in the June 18 death of a security guard at Green Heart Marijuana Dispensary in Aurora. The Aurora Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are offering reward money to anyone who may have information. That dispensaries in Colorado routinely have large amounts of cash on hand has long been argued as a critical public safety issue by advocates, industry workers and politicians. Marijuana is still outlawe...
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Lakewood, Colo. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today released a statement regarding Federal Railroad Administrator (FRA) Sarah Feinberg’s visit to Colorado to discuss the agency’s train horn rule and the need for more flexibility to establish quiet zones. “I’m glad Administrator Feinberg came to Colorado to listen to the problems Colorado communities have been dealing with for years and committing to work with us to improve the train horn rule. I look forward to the GAO study, which I success...
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In a very high scoring game full of lots of smiles and high-fives, the press team, also known as the Bad News Babes, won the eighth-annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game against members of Congress 8-4. The game broke fundraising records on Wednesday night when it raised $215,000 for the Young Survivors Coalition, and crossed $875,000 in total donations to the charity since the event began in 2008. Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune was named the press team’s Most Valuable Player and Leig...
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Colorado-based satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe Inc. has been waiting for federal government permission to sell high-resolution data captured by its newest satellite, more than two years after its application was supposed to be decided. Ranking members of the Science, Space and Technology committee in the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding to know by June 24 why the Westminster-based company (NYSE: DGI) has received no answer when agency rules require one in 120 days. DigitalGlobe...
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Banks wishing to do business with the marijuana industry without fear of government reprisal inched closer to reality — again — when a Senate committee Thursday approved a measure — again — to do just that. A bill nearly identical to one passed by the Senate last year, this time sponsored by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Washington Sen. Patty Murray, was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee and would forbid the use of federal funds to penalize a financial institution that works with ma...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) Members of Congress and the press will meet once again on the battle-diamond on Wednesday for the eighth annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game. The game is also a fundraiser for the Young Survival Coalition, a support and awareness non-profit for young women dealing with breast cancer. The game could draw an even larger crowd this year, raising over $200,000. The women that create our laws are preparing to take on the women that cover them. They have been practicing tw...
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Congressman Ed Perlmutter has introduced legislation that would allow legal action against corporate corruption. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, introduced by the congressman last week, would give individuals and companies the ability to take legal action against corporations that violate the anti-bribery provisions. Recent reports of high profile corruption, such as the Panama Papers and Unaoil, allege financial kickbacks and monetary payments to government officials in return for contracts ...
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