Ed Perlmutter

Billboards Comparing Obama To Ahmadinejad Going Up In Colo.

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Oil, Video, Joe Miklosi, Denver News, Al Pace, Iran, Iranian President, Obama, Denver Colorado, Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Ed Perlmutter, Colorado, Denver News

On Wednesday, conservative group Compass Colorado announced a new billboard campaign that they are launching around the state that links President Bar...

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Republicans Block Second Password Protection Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Mike Rogers, Video, Facebook Passwords Employers, Password Protection, Social Media Passwords, Cybersecurity, Facebook Privacy, Congress Internet, Facebook, Facebook Password, Ed Perlmutter, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans blocked a second bid in the House to pass an amendment barring employers from demanding Facebook and other social media pass...

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House GOP Blocks Facebook Password Protection Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Password Protection, Video, Fcc, Facebook, Walden, Ed Perlmutter, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans blocked a measure Tuesday night that would have let the Federal Communications Commission prevent employers from forci...

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Lockheed Martin Unveils Spacecraft Test Facility South Of Denver

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orion Project, Michael Bennet, Nasa, Space Operations Simulation Center, Lockheed Martin, Ed Perlmutter, Waterton Canyon, Denver News

DENVER — Lockheed Martin Corp. on Monday showed off a test version of the Orion spacecraft, which was initially meant to return humans to the mo...

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Ryan Frazier's Charter School Actively Sought Stimulus Funds

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Frazier, Colorado Congressional Race, Economic Stimulus Package, Ryan Frazier Charter School, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

Congressman Ed Perlmutter today delivered to the press proof that a school represented by his Republican challenger Ryan Frazier not only received s...

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Ryan Frazier Rips Stimulus Act Even Though It Funded His Charter School

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Frazier, Economic Stimulus Package, Colorado CD-7, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

Republican Ryan Frazier maintained Monday the federal stimulus bill was a failure although his charter school received money from it to help at-risk a...

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WATCH: Ed Perlmutter Literally Cartwheels To Victory

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Perlmutter Cartwheels, COlorado Elections, Ryan Frazier, Perlmutter Cartwheel Video, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

After pulling off a definitive victory in what was expected to be a close reelection battle with Republican Ryan Frazier, Colorado Congressman Ed Perl...

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Colorado Elections 2010: LIVE Updates On The State's Hottest Races

Posted 05.25.2011

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WATCH: UPDATE (11:23): DENVER (AP) -- Sen. Michael Bennet narrowly defeated tea party Republican Ken Buck on Wednesday, allowing Democrats...

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ANOTHER Attack Ad On A Local Dem Pulled Due To Blatant Lies

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9news, Health Care Reform, Ryan Frazier, Kusa, American Action Network, Ed Perlmutter, Video, Denver News

KUSA in Denver has pulled an attack ad from the American Action Network off the air after determining claims in the ad to be false. The ad attacks ...

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WATCH: Ed Perlmutter Slaps Ryan Frazier's Hand During Debate, Apologizes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Frazier, Colorado Congressional Race, Perlmutter Slaps Frazier's Hand, Congressional Debate Slap, Ed Perlmutter, Video, Denver News

A heated segment of this weekend's televised debate between between Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Republican Ryan Frazier in Colorado brief...

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Karl Rove Headlining Fundraiser For Gardner, Frazier, Tipton

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Tipton, Ryan Frazier, American Crossroads, Karl Rove, John Salazar, Betsy Markey, Rove Aspen Fundraiser, Ed Perlmutter, Rove Colorado, Denver News

Former Bush advisor Karl Rove will be in Aspen on Friday to headline a fundraiser for three Republican Colorado congressional candidates. Funds g...

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Perlmutter: "We're Not England. We're Not Into Landed Gentry"

Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Tax, Ryan Frazier, Colorado Politics, Estate Tax, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., speaking to The Denver Forum, suggested that untaxed inherited wealth -- beyond about $5 million -- is not the American way.

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Why hasn't Hickenlooper touted Bennet more? (VIDEO)

Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, U.S. Senate, John Salazar, Andrew Romanoff, Betsy Markey, Dan Balz, Colorado Politics, Washington Post, Diana DeGette, Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper, Ed Perlmutter, Denver Post, Jared Polis, Weselyan, Denver News

So, maybe there was little to be gained by Hickenlooper, who's running for governor of Colorado, making an endorsement in a contested Democratic Senate primary. But that didn't stop the ENTIRE Democratic Colorado congressional delegation from backing Bennet.

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Perlmutter: Questions About Connection Between Bennet's PAC Money & Votes Are Fair

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, Bennet, Denver, Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

Bennet has bridled at questions about whether the Wall Street money he has taken had anything to do with his vote-switching on credit card reform and vote against cramdown.

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ORION: Where was Mr. Coffman?

John Flerlage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Orion Project, Nasa, Mike Coffman, Jefferson Economic Council, Jobs, Bill Bennett, Bipartisan, Pete-Olson, Ed Perlmutter, Home News

Colorado's Senators Udall and Bennet, along with Representative Perlmutter and other important leaders, saved the ORION manned space vehicle. ORION is...

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Why Michael Bennet Will Win the Colorado Senate Race

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Miles, Primary, Money, Romanoff, Colorado, Ken Salazar, Campaign, Candidates, Bennet, Denver, Democrats, Barack Obama, Assembly, David Sirota, Mark Udall, Caucus, Betsy Markey, PAC Money, Clean Campaigns Colorado, Brandon Schaffer, Colorado Democratic Party, Jared Polis, Colorado Pols, PPP Poll, Diana DeGette, Health Care, John Flerlage, Colorado Congressional Delegation, Mike Coffman, Wellington Webb, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar, Fundraising, Bill Ritter, John Hickenlooper, Square State, Contributions, Supreme Court, Obama, Senate, Denver News

Andrew Romanoff will not win; newly appointed US Senator Michael Bennet will win his first race. Here's why.

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The Super Seven: Colorado's Congressional Health Care Heroes

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jared Polis, Congress, Tea-Partiers, Heroes, Diana DeGette, Re-Election, Sarah Palin Joe the Plumber, Campaign, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar, Colorado, Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, Barack Obama, Betsy Markey, Health Care, Health Reform, Denver News

Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Ed Perlmutter, Diana DeGette, John Salazar, Jared Polis and Betsy Markey are seven ordinary human beings with extraordinary courage.

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10 Years Ago Today, Congress Allowed For "Too Big To Fail"

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

On the 10th anniversary of Congress voting to repeal the law that had long separated Main Street commercial banking from Wall Street investment bankin...

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What Makes a Candidate?

Faith Winter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ken Salazar, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

Ask people what makes a viable candidate and most will answer, "experience." In these volatile times, the voting public is wary of electing someone who hasn't been around the block a few times.

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Bill Ritter Retires: Colorado Governor Won't Seek Reelection

Posted 05.25.2011

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Update: The Denver Post reports that Governor Ritter briefed his cabinet Wednesday morning in preparation for his 11:00 AM announcement about his fut...

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Moneyed Interests Lining Up For Battle Over Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the midst of what was supposed to be a Congressional push for increased financial regulation and accountability, a powerful coalition of moneyed in...

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Ryan Frazier Announces Bid For Seventh District

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Frazier, Colorado, 7th Congressional District, Denver, Ed Perlmutter, Jane Norton, Aurora City Council, Denver News

Aurora City Council member Ryan Frazier officially announced Thursday that he is dropping his race for the Colorado Senate to challenge Rep. Ed Perlmu...

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Bill Ritter Retirement Announcement: 'Intensely Personal' Decision Will Free Him To Make 'Tough Decisions' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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An emotional Bill Ritter addressed the media Wednesday morning to officially announce that he would not be seeking a second term as Governor of Colora...

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House Democrat Ed Perlmutter Has Lots Of Reasons To Support Big Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Cfpa, Consumer Protection, Ed Perlmutter, Business News

Rep. Ed Perlmutter pushed and pushed and pushed for an amendment to exempt some of the country's biggest banks from supervision by a new consumer-prot...

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As Goes VA, So Goes CO? Not So Fast, My Friend

Laura Chapin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections, 2010, Ed Perlmutter, Colorado, Swing States, Virginia Governors Race, Jefferson County, Creigh Deeds, Virginia Politics, Denver News

What, if anything, does the Republican red swing in Virginia mean for fellow swing state Colorado? Not as much as the Republicans would like to think.

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