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Mark Udall, Michael Bennet Sign Letter Supporting Exemptions In Cap And Trade For Coal

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, Cap and Trade, Herb Kohl, Amy Klobuchar, Coal, Waxman-Markey, Al Franken, Denver News

Colorado U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet with 12 other Senate Democrats signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders weighing climate legislatio...

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Nuclear Power In Colorado: Does The State Have Enough Water To Support Nuclear Plants?

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Nuclear Energy, Colorado Water Supply, John McCain, Colorado River, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns contin...

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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, John Mchugh, votevets.org, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Victor Fehrenbach, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Military, Barbara Boxer, Army, Steven Green, John Kerry, US Army, Votevets, Tim Walz, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Murphy, Joe Sestak, Dadt, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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Mark Udall Argues For Nuclear Energy On Senate Floor

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Nuclear Energy, Mark Udall, Energy Independence, Senate Nuclear Bill, Home News

Colorado U.S. Sen. Mark Udall Wednesday took his boldest step yet on the road to a national nuclear renaissance as part of a program designed to comba...

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Mark Udall Argues For Nuclear Energy On Senate Floor

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Nuclear Energy, Mark Udall, Energy Independence, Senate Nuclear Bill, Denver News

Colorado U.S. Sen. Mark Udall Wednesday took his boldest step yet on the road to a national nuclear renaissance as part of a program designed to comba...

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Western Slope Uranium Mill: Only State Needs To Approve Before Ground Can Break

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, John McCain, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Energy Fuels Inc., Yellowcake Uranium, Western Slope Uranium, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver News

A Canadian company's push to build the United States' first new conventional uranium mill since the Cold War has cleared local hurdles -- despite envi...

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Colorado Air Quality Program The Biggest Loser In Federal Fund Withdrawal

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Air Quality, Colorado, Federal Fund WIthdrawal, Associated General Contracters of America, Federal Rescissions, Denver, Denver News

Programs designed to improve Colorado's air quality are taking the biggest hit from a significant federal take-back of transportation fu...

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Why Colorado Matters in the Health Care Debate

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, Health Care Reform, Senate, Public Option, Health Care, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver News
Sen. Mark Udall

Colorado has often set an example for Washington to follow. But our fight in the Senate to pass meaningful health reform over the next few weeks won't be easy. We need to unite in this fight.

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Green River Nuclear Power Proposal Sparks Concerns Over Water Use

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Uranium, Mark Udall, Green River Utah, Living Rivers, Uranium Watch, Nuclear Power, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver News

Conservation groups and at least one federal agency are raising serious questions about a water grab for a proposed nuclear power plant near Green Riv...

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Public Option in Danger

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, Senate, Public Option, Health Care, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Politics News
Sen. Mark Udall

There is no doubt that we have an historic opportunity to reform our health care system, once and for all. We believe the public option is a crucial part of any real reform of the health care system.

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Diana DeGette The Leading Force Behind Controversial Legislation Expanding Protected Lands

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Colorado Wilderness Network, Colorado, Hidden Gems, John Salazar, Diana DeGette, Michael Bennet, Jared Polis, National Forest, Denver News

For a decade now, Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver has been fighting an uphill battle to vastly increase the acreage of Colorado's public ...

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Is It a Problem When the Party Decides?

Seth Masket | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Primaries, Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Mike Miles, Colorado Politics, Mark Benner, Douglas Wilder, Paterson Obama, David Paterson, Pete Coors, Bob Schaffer, Ken Salazar, Denver News
Seth Masket

Think about recent examples of state or national party leaders trying to pick nominees before primary voters had a chance to weigh in. Do voters ever push back?

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Sen. Mark Udall and VA Secretary Shinseki Finger Pointing on Tim Masters Case

Michael D. Brown | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: GI Bill, Mark Udall, Veterans Affairs, Susan Greene, Tim Masters, Eric Shinseki, Denver Post, Veterans, Denver News
Michael D. Brown

Tim Masters has been busy trying to rebuild his life after almost ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now he does not have access to the GI benefits he deserves.

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Colorado Democratic Lawmakers Ally Against Mesa County Nuclear Storage

Posted 09.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Steven Chu, Mark Udall, Nuclear Storage, John Salazar, Mesa County, Michael Bennet, Energy Secretary, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Colorado's senators and Rep. John Salazar sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week urging him to remove a Mesa County storage site fr...

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Clean Water Act Stifling Volunteer Cleanup Efforts

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 09.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Epa, Arkansas River, Pueblo Colorado, Colorado, Pitkin County, Leadville Colorado, Clean Water Act, Mark Udall, Silverton, Uurora Colorado, Denver News

LEADVILLE -- It's a fall morning in the mountains just outside this Lake County town. Contractors in yellow earthmovers are cleaning up acid mine drai...

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Yellowcake Uranium Trucks "Can Go Wherever They Want" After Recent State Decision

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Mark Udall, Ouray, Colorado Roads, Colorado Uranium, Yellowcake Uranium, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Denver News

MONTROSE -- Opponents of a proposed uranium mill in southwestern Colorado near the Utah state line may be relieved to hear that state officials in cha...

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Bennet's Staff Left In The Dark On Terror Investigation

AP | COLLEEN SLEVIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, New York Terror Raids, Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Najibullah-Zazi, Fbi, Denver News

AURORA, Colo. — Federal agents on Wednesday searched the home of a suburban Denver man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link t...

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Leadville Contaminated Pipeline Bill To Return To House Floor, Dems Control Schedule

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Diana DeGette, Leadville Colorado, House Democrats, RaúL Grijalva, Doug Lamborn, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver News

LEADVILLE -- A long overdue environmental clean-up bill that would see industrially contaminated water evacuated from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunn...

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Colorado Democrats Already Taking Sides In Democratic Primary

The Denver Post | Michael Riley and Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Colorado Senate, U.S. Senate, Diana DeGette, Andrew Romanoff, 2010 Elections, Ed Perlmutter, Denver News

The Democratic primary contenders in the U.S. Senate race are furiously trying to line up supporters across the state, creating dividing lines at all ...

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Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Arlen Specter, Evan Bayh, White House, Mark Pryor, President Obama, Michael Bennet, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Senators, Tom Carper, Bill Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Begich, Mark Warner, Joe Lieberman, Jeanne Shaheen, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Politics News

ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

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Colorado delegation doesn't tweet during Obama's healthcare speech

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama, Betsy Markey, Jared Polis, Joe Wilson, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Michael Roberts, Mike Coffman, Home News

Last night, Colorado's representatives and senators actually paid attention during President Barack Obama's healthcare address to a joint se...

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Udall In Denver Post: Gun Amendment Would Not Have Nullified CO Laws

The Denver Post | Senator Mark Udall | Posted 09.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Mark Udall Gun Control, Colorado Senator Gun Control, Mark Udall Thune Amendment, CO Senator Guns, Colorado Senator Gun Vote, Mark Udall Gun Vote, Denver Post, Denver News

The Denver Post suggests that I rethink my vote for legislation that would allow individuals who legally acquire a concealed firearm permit in their s...

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Udall Backs Request For Vail Powerplant That Runs On Dead Trees

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 08.31.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Green Enrergy Colorado, DoE Vail, Vail Power Plant, Department of Energy Vail, Vail Biomass, Biomass, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Vail, Denver News

The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S. Dep...

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Gun Vote Backlash: CO Senators Under Attack For Votes On Controversial Measure

The Colorado Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 08.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Columbine, Gun Control, Michael, Colorado, Thune Amendment, Mark Udall Guns, Nra, Michael Bennet Guns, Michael Bennett, Denver News

WASHINGTON -- It's no D.C. secret that lawmakers voting against the the nation's powerful gun lobby will likely suffer the National Rifle Associatio...

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Jeff Muskus

Senate Dems On Pakistan: U.S. Here To Stay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Evan Bayh, Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Moderate Democrats Working Group, Middle East, Jeanne Shaheen, Afpak, Foreign Investment, Tom Carper, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Look for the United States to be sending resources not only to Afghanistan, but Pakistan and the rest of the region for the foreseeable future, a grou...

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