Tag: congress
-
Former Colorado Springs state lawmaker Janak Joshi jumps in GOP primary in Colorado’s 8th CD
Former state Rep. Janak Joshi on Friday joined the field of Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Vowing he’ll be “big government’s worst enemy,” the former physician, who represented Colorado Springs districts for three terms last decade in the legislature, said his unabashedly conservative track record makes…
-
Colorado’s top election official targets AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ in elections
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is targeting AI-generated “disruptors” – such as “deepfakes” – as her office prepares for this year’s elections. Griswold unveiled her legislative priorities at a time of social anxiety over “deepfakes.” This week, pornographic “deepfake” images generated by artificial intelligence and sexualizing people without their consent hit the singer Taylor Swift,…
-
Unregistered redistricting lobbying complaint to receive full investigation after Colorado secretary of state approves probe
The probe could have broad transparency implications
-
It’s official: Colorado will have 8th congressional district
Colorado will send an eighth congressperson to the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday, as a result of the state’s population boom over the past ten years. The announcement comes as the census bureau continues to finalize the agency’s decennial census data, where every U.S. household is…
-
Space Command’s home will be decided by Congress, Lamborn says
When former President Donald Trump awarded the permanent basing of U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama, where he had some of his highest approval ratings, in his final week in office, he yanked the command from front-runner Colorado Springs. In so doing, he triggered a pair of government investigations that lawmakers say could ultimately doom…
-
Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
-
Colorado GOP leader urges Rep. Lauren Boebert, members in Congress to ‘tone down the rhetoric’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, the chairman of Colorado’s Republican Party, is calling on U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of Congress to “tone down the rhetoric” as House Democrats ramp up efforts to force President Donald Trump from office in the wake of last week’s…
-
Colorado GOP leader urges Rep. Lauren Boebert, members in Congress to ‘tone down the rhetoric’
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, the chairman of Colorado’s Republican Party, is calling on U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and other members of Congress to “tone down the rhetoric” as House Democrats ramp up efforts to force President Donald Trump from office in the wake of last week’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It’s our responsibility, as…
-
Colorado congressman, House GOP ask Biden: Get Pelosi to stop impeachment efforts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep Ken Buck, in a letter signed by six other Republicans, asked President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday to request that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stop efforts for a second impeachment trial for President Donald Trump. The Republican lawmakers are asking Biden to step in…
-
Colorado congressman, House GOP ask Biden: Get Pelosi to stop impeachment efforts
U.S. Rep Ken Buck, in a letter signed by six other Republicans, asked President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday to request that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stop efforts for a second impeachment trial for President Donald Trump. The Republican lawmakers are asking Biden to step in “in the spirit of healing and fidelity to our constitution.”…