Colorado Senate

Civil Unions Bill Dies On House Floor

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.09.2012

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DENVER -- Chants of "shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker Fra...

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Colo. Civil Unions Bill May Die On House Floor

Posted 05.07.2012

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After passing through the state Senate and two House committees already, could Colorado's civil unions bill die before it gets a chance to be fully de...

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'Cottage Foods' Proposal Approved By Senate

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 07.05.2011

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A new cottage industry allowing Colorado farmers to sell foods prepared in home kitchens, rather than commercial kitchens, took a big step forward as ...

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Full-Strength Beer Loses Ground In Colorado Senate

Posted 06.19.2011

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DENVER—Colorado senators issued a last call for full-strength beer in convenience stores Tuesday when they rejected a measure allowing the brew. ...

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Hearing To Consider A DUI Level For Pot

Posted 06.18.2011

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A bill to define the blood-content standard for driving under the influence of marijuana will be heard today in the Colorado Senate. The bill would al...

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Senate Dems Kill Bill To Make Concealed Carry Permits Optional

Bill to make conceal carry permit optional dies in committee | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bill that would have made conceal carry permits optional in Colorado died in a Senate committee today at the hands of Democrats. The Senate State...

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Some Senate Dems Reject Hickenlooper Budget, Propose Raising More Revenue

Posted 05.25.2011

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"'We know that economic development and education are one and the same. What we're doing is cutting economic development," State Senator Rollie Heath,...

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Suzanne Williams Loses Senate Promotion After Texas Crash

Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams will not receive an expected promotion to Chair of the Transportation Committee after being involved in a fata...

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Colorado GOP Moves To The Right With Senate Leadership Selections

Senate GOP leadership takes two steps to the Right | Jessica Fender | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republicans took a few steps to the ideological right in their leadership elections Thursday and celebrated an election that left the GOP with ...

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Colorado Republicans Take State House; Dems Keep Senate

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republicans went to bed thinking they had won control of both chambers in the legislature, but woke up this morning to find Democrats still in ...

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Women in the State Senate

Brandon Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2010 the Republican Senate caucus had 14 members and only one woman. I watched my Republican colleagues launch rubber bands across the chamber in the waning days of the session.

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Dems Accuse Ken Buck Of Ethical Misconduct

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's coming down to the wire in the race for Colorado's Senate seat, as the most recent polling analysis of the state's matchup shows Republican Ken B...

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Dems Hit Ken Buck Hard In New Ad

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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The DSCC is out with a new ad that attempts to create a slogan for voters who are hesitant to vote for Ken Buck, the Tea Party-backed Republican runni...

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Colorado Senate Election 2010: Predict The Winner! (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Who will be the next Colorado Senator? Democrat Michael Bennet faces off with Republican Ken Buck on Nov. 2, and we'd love to hear who you think will...

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CO-Sen: 48% Buck (R), 45% Bennet (D) (Reuters/Ipsos 10/17)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reuters / Ipsos Public Affairs 10/15-17/10; 405 likely voters, 4.9% margin of error Mode: Live phone interview (Reuters/Ipsos PDF) Colorado 2010 Sen...

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WATCH: Republican Senate Hopeful Compares Being Gay To Alcoholism

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Senate candidates Michael Bennet and Ken Buck appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, where they challenged each other on their past st...

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LISTEN: Ken Buck Explained To Alleged Rape Victim Why He Wouldn't Take Her Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story has been updated A five-year-old rape case that was never prosecuted is suddenly causing major ripples in the Colorado Senate race and hea...

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Colorado Senate Race Becomes Election Proxy War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado's U.S. Senate race has become a proxy war this election, with independent groups pouring in large sums of money to air attack ads against bot...

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CO-Sen: 48% Buck, 43% Bennet (Denver Post/SurveyUSA 9/28-30)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Denver Post / SurveyUSA 9/28-30/10; 647 likely voters, 3.9% margin of error Mode: Automated phone (Denver Post article) Colorado 2010 Senate 48% Buc...

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CO-Sen: 50% Buck (R), 42% Bennet (D) (Marist/McClatchy 9/26-28)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marist / McClatchy 9/26-28/10; 537 likely voters, 4.5% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (Marist release) Colorado 2010 Senate 50% Buc...

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Ken Buck's Evolution: Colorado GOP Senate Candidate Removes Controversial Positions From His Website

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Republican Ken Buck is a darling of the Tea Party movement, and he has admitted that this constituency was "huge" to his success over establi...

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WATCH: DSCC Hammers Ken Buck For Supporting Repeal Of 17th Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In its first expenditure in the Colorado Senate election, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is going after Republican candidate Ken Buck fo...

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White House Gets Double Dose Of Relief In Colorado

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House's political team is breathing a major sigh of relief with the results of both the Colorado Republican and Democratic Senate primaries ...

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Colorado Primary: Voters Head To The Polls In Hotly Contested Senate, Governor's Race

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet battled for his job Tuesday in a Colorado primary against Andrew Romanoff, a former state House spe...

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Michael Bennet Jane Norton Senate Poll: Research 2000 Poll Shows Close Race

Posted 05.25.2011

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The story below includes references to polling conducted by the firm Research 2000. The reliability and accuracy of Research 2000's pol...

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