Ed Perlmutter

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Colorado Lawmaker Meets Constituents at a Safeway, Post-Giffords Shooting

By Sandra Fish

LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Safeway shoppers vied with a long line of citizens hoping for a word with their congressman Saturday morning. Rep. Ed Perlmutter held the first "Government at the Grocery" event at ...

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Colorado Congressman to Hold Public Meeting for First Time Since Giffords' Shooting

By Sandra Fish

Colorado U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter will hold a public meeting at a Safeway store on Saturday for the first time since Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot at a similar event Jan. 8. Perlmutter, a Democrat, ...

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Constitution Is Read Line By Almost Every Line on House Floor

By Andrea Stone

WASHINGTON -- As political theater, the unprecedented reading of the Constitution on the floor of the House of Representatives today was mostly lacking in drama. Yes, there was the birther who ...

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GOP Groups Launch $50-Million Ad Campaign for House Candidates

By Christopher Weber

Calling it the "House surge strategy," an alliance of Republican groups has launched a $50-million advertising campaign to help push GOP congressional candidates to victory in races where they have ...

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Six Candidates for Ken Salazar's Colorado Senate Seat

By Dylan and Ethan Ris

In a story that's getting all too familiar, Barack Obama has raided the pantry (insert Mike Huckabee joke here) and nabbed another prominent Democrat for his cabinet. Yes, Ken Salazar's appointment as ...

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May 22, 2012

Feds probe Mandel, Renacci donations, Obama shuns Capitol Hill Dems, GOP sets deadline for Holder, Jaczko out, GOP targets 9th Circuit Hawaii trip, Pelosi?s Way, Karzai: Rohrabacher banned, trivia

Source: Politico

OBAMA SHUNS CAPITOL HILL DEMS -- Manu Raju writes for the hometown paper: GOP SETS DEADLINE FOR HOLDER -- "Republicans have a new ultimatum: If Eric Holder doesn't deliver a trove of Fast and Furious documents to Capitol Hill by mid-June, the House will vote to hold him in contempt of Congress," POLITICO's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan report.

May 07, 2012

How Much LGBT Money Went to Members of Congress Who Won't Sign ENDA Letter to President Obama?

Source: Firedoglake

Seventy-two members of Congress have signed a letter to President Obama , telling him to issue an Executive Order preventing federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity ? just as Lyndon Johnson did in 1965 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex or national origin."

Apr 14, 2012

Congressional recess offers preview of fall election fight over Republican-backed budget

Source: Star Tribune - Minneapolis MN

Freshman Republican Rep. Joe Heck sees no reason to back down after voting for a Republican budget plan that combines deep spending cuts in safety-net programs for the poor with a dramatic overhaul of Medicare and steep drops in tax rates.