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U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) voted against Republican legislation that would force our nation’s capital’s local law enforcement to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. This legislation is just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to weaponize law enforcement to carry out his dangerous agenda.   “We should all be… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Democratic members of the Colorado congressional delegation criticized a recent proposal by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, to allow the federal government to sell off more than 2 million acres of public land. The proposal covers 11 Western states, including Colorado. Introduced Wednesday, the proposal would target “underused” public lands to… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Members of Colorado's congressional delegation expressed support for Israel in the wake of the country's attack on Iran's nuclear capability late Thursday, with some calling for the United States to work to deescalate the conflict. The state's two members of their respective chambers' intelligence committees, Democrats U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S.… Read more »

Link to The Original Article The sale of federal public lands in the West is back on the menu as the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released its portion of the chamber’s budget reconciliation package.  The committee released its text on Wednesday night, which includes a proposal that mandates the sale of between 2 million to 3 million acres… Read more »

Link to The Original Article “This type of stuff happens in dictatorships, not democracies.” That was the conclusion of Democratic Rep. Jason Crow in a post on X highlighting a video of California Sen. Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a press briefing Thursday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Padilla interrupted Noem’s press conference and… Read more »

Link to The Original Article When I was three, my mom packed me and my little brother into the car and drove us to a restaurant about an hour from where we lived. We were going to meet my dad, who recently entered treatment at Project Turnabout, then a fledgling addiction recovery center in rural Minnesota. He had just been granted permission for a family visit and, despite the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn has been a member of Congress since 1993. But he’s been a father even longer.    Clyburn and his late wife, Emily, shared three daughters, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. So it made sense that the 84-year-old congressman called on his paternal instincts on Tuesday, June 10, when he stepped… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Forest management is a big issue for Colorado, especially as the threat of wildfires has grown. So when Sen. John Hickenlooper heard that Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman, chair of the House Natural Resources committee and a certified forester, was working on a forest management bill, Hickenlooper wanted to talk with him. “A half-hour meeting turned into… Read more »

Link to The Original Article In the fight for better policies for mothers and families, Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) has also had to fight to have her own voice heard on Capitol Hill.  Last October, five months pregnant with her second child, Pettersen proposed a change to the House Rules Committee for “a narrow exception to the prohibition on proxy voting” that would… Read more »

Link to The Original Article As the spending plan known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill makes its way through the U.S. Senate, new polling is out here at home, giving insight into how some Coloradans feel about programs that could see cuts under the proposal. The poll by Healthier Colorado shows that support for programs like SNAP and Medicaid is strong among Colorado… Read more »