The Colorado Sun visited Washington to spend time with the state’s eight U.S. House members and two U.S. senators to learn more about how they operate
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Littwin: McCarthy, nation both fight for survival. I’ll assume you’re rooting for the nation.
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that days before a possible government shutdown, Speaker-for-now McCarthy sent House members home. Think he was just tired of looking at Matt Gaetz’s face?
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Littwin: The shameful rise in child poverty is obscene. It would be worse to ignore it.
Sen. Michael Bennet says we’ve turned our backs on our kids. He’s pushing to bring back the enhanced child tax credit he championed.
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Littwin: Do we know who Lauren Boebert is? Do you really have to ask?
Columnist Mike Littwin observes that getting kicked out of a Denver theater for bad behavior amounts to just another day in the life of Lauren Boebert, Colorado’s gun-totin’ congresswoman.
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Nicolais: Lauren Boebert’s treatment of ordinary Coloradans is no laughing matter
Video of the congresswoman’s actions at a Denver show demonstrate how little she thinks of anyone else
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Carman: Lauren Boebert gives a middle finger salute to her constituents
It’s not a great look to behave like an entitled princess when claiming to represent regular folks in Colorado
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“What’d I Miss?”: Whatabout a boorish theater patron?
In “What’d I Miss?” Myra tells Ossie about Rep. Lauren Boebert’s deflective response to getting tossed from a Denver show — and imagines another “whataboutism.”
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Silverman: Fear of violence was part of my high school experience. Now it extends to national politics, too.
I was taught long ago at George Washington High School that the melting pot represented the ideal vision of America.
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Opinion: We need conservative voices at the climate solution table
They are crucial for fostering bipartisan support and ensuring long-term sustainability of efforts to address the global challenge.
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Littwin: Can the 14th Amendment block a Trump return to the White House? A Colorado case may hold answers.
Columnist Mike Littwin explains how a Colorado case may hold answers to the constitutional question of whether Donald Trump’s actions surrounding January 6 disqualify him from the ballot.