The Protect the West Act is sponsored by U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, as well as U.S. Rep. Jason Crow
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Colorado Democrats in Congress urge Catholic hospital in Durango to reverse policy banning tubal ligations
All five Colorado Democrats in the U.S. House signed a letter urging Mercy Hospital to reconsider its decision, which was publicized in a Colorado Sun story
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Opinion: Time for Dreamers like me is running out
Unless Congress creates a pathway to citizenship soon, Colorado will lose thousands of workers and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity.
Posted inElection 2022
Democrat Jason Crow wins reelection in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District
Democrat Jason Crow wins reelection in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, beating Republican Steve Monahan.
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Colorado’s Jason Crow travels with Nancy Pelosi to Kyiv for meeting with Volodymr Zelenskyy
By Vanesa Gera, The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the courage of the Ukrainian people in remarks during a visit to Poland on Sunday, a day after a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymr Zelenskyy. The American legislators assessed Ukraine’s needs […]
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WATCH: Congressman Jason Crow discusses the war in Ukraine with The Colorado Sun
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Centennial, is a member of the House Armed Services and House Intelligence committees. He is also a combat veteran who served as an Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan. Crow was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions in the 2003 Battle of Samawah in Iraq. The congressman, who is in […]
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Littwin: As his poll numbers plunge, Biden tries for a mask-free State of the Union reset
If you were in search of the key takeaway from Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, all you had to do was look at his face. Or Kamala Harris’ face. Or Nancy Pelosi’s face. Or, for that matter, the faces of most people in the House chamber. You could see their faces because the […]
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What we can learn from the 10,000 tweets sent by Colorado’s congressional delegation in 2021
Colorado’s congressional delegation took to Twitter in 2021 to extol their policies, raise money and take jabs at their enemies, not necessarily in that order. The state’s seven U.S. House members and two U.S. Senators tweeted 10,052 times in 2021 from both personal and congressional accounts. The Colorado Sun analyzed those tweets to identify a […]
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“We were trapped”: Rep. Jason Crow, others talk about lingering trauma of Jan. 6
By Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of the House, occupying balcony seats off-limits to the public because of COVID-19, roughly three dozen House Democrats were the last ones to […]
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We analyzed dozens of Colorado congressional floor speeches to see who had the most — and least — to say in 2021
Colorado’s elected leaders faced a year of tumult at the U.S. Capitol – though some had more to say about it than others on the House or Senate floor. From the Jan. 6 insurrection and the vote to impeach a former president, to debates over coronavirus measures and other hot-button topics, some congressional delegates made […]