WASHINGTON –The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 471, the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act, which included the Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act introduced by Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Chuck Edwards (NC-11). This bill would help communities impacted by natural disasters recover and rebuild more resilient to future… Read more »
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This week the US House of Representatives geared up for the beginning of the second Trump administration and voted on key pieces of legislation. But Colorado Representative Brittany Pettersen did not get to weigh in. Why? She’s about to give birth to her second child.
Pettersen, a Democrat serving Colorado’s third Congressional… Read more »
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Brittany Pettersen hasn’t slept well lately, moving around tends to be painful, and the Capitol is roughly 1,600 miles away.
“I’m so grateful not to be waddling my way through the airport,” the Colorado Democrat, now in her third trimester of pregnancy, said last week after announcing that she was no longer able to fly to Washington ahead of… Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) reintroduced two bipartisan bills – the Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act and the Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act – to better utilize early detection technology to prevent wildfires from spreading and help our communities recover and rebuild more resilient to future… Read more »
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As President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, Colorado politicians were quick to react to the dozens of executive orders, memoranda, and declarations that Trump signed on his first day.
Two decisions specifically received the ire of Colorado Democrats. One of those was Trump’s pardon of some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, which U.S. Sen. Michael… Read more »
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Colorado’s federal lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons and commutations for participants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, including rioters who assaulted police officers.
Freshman GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd of Grand Junction said he was “deeply disappointed” in the pardons “for those who assaulted law… Read more »
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Let’s be honest — Congress is old.
When the 119th Congress was sworn in earlier this month, it became the third-oldest in history, with an average age of nearly 59 in the House and 69 in the Senate. Only 14 percent of its members are under the age of 45.
It’s no wonder former Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.), once described… Read more »
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Donald J. Trump was sworn in to serve as U.S. President for the second time on Monday, Jan. 20, drawing reactions from around the world, but also from some of Colorado’s lawmakers.
Trump named Colorado several times during his campaign for presidency, and visited Aurora in October to speak about immigration and the gang violence reported at… Read more »
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GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they are recovering from birth.
He refused. Then, she turned to Democrats.
The House Freedom Caucus member is now teaming up with a group of House Democrats,… Read more »
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Many American workplaces include some kind of maternity leave policy, but Congress isn’t one of them. In U.S. history, 12 federal lawmakers have given birth during their tenures, and in each instance, they were put in a difficult situation: As The New York Times reported, these members “can take time away from the office without sacrificing their pay,”… Read more »
