by Associated Press Published: January 20,2012
Tags: GOP, gun, Republicans, state government
Colorado Republicans are reloading their holsters on attempts to expand gun rights. Some of their proposals this year are ideas that Democrats have rejected in the past. Republicans are trying to give business owners and employees the power to use deadly force against intruders. Another proposal would allow people to have a concealed weapon at schools [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2012
Tags: payroll taxes, Republicans, strategy
When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle. The holidays and three weeks away from the Capitol have tempered some of the bad feelings, but [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2012
Tags: caucus, Colorado, Republicans
Colorado Republicans are wasting no time educating voters on party caucus plans. The party has set up an Internet link for the statewide party caucuses, which will be held Feb. 7. The national election season kicks off today with caucuses in Iowa. In a presidential election year, Colorado political parties may choose to hold their precinct caucus [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 8,2011
Tags: payroll tax cut, Republicans
House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he’s confident that congressional Republicans are ready to move ahead with legislation that would continue a payroll tax cut. “I feel confident in our ability to move ahead,” the Ohio Republican told reporters after GOP leaders previewed legislation to extend the Social Security payroll tax cuts — and long-term unemployment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 10,2011
Tags: court battle, Democrats, redistricting, Republicans
Colorado’s top political parties go to court this week to pitch their changes for the state’s congressional landscape — a process that could affect 2012 races in three districts now held by Republicans. Starting Tuesday, Denver’s District Court will hear arguments on the redistricting process required every 10 years to reflect updated Census statistics. The court [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 25,2011
Tags: ballot initiatives, Democrats, gay marriage, marijuana, Obama, Republicans
Colorado’s position as a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race comes with a wrinkle neither party seems to like: A freewheeling ballot initiative tradition that could put both legalizing marijuana and gay marriage before voters on Election Day next year. Marijuana activists have begun gathering signatures to ask voters to allow pot for recreational [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2011
Tags: Coke, Legislature 2011, Pepsi, Republicans, soda, Taxes
Coke, Pepsi and other soft drinks could get a bit cheaper in Colorado under a Republican proposal to repeal sales taxes on soda. Coloradans began paying a 2.9 percent sales taxes on sodas last year, when lawmakers looking for ways to raise money and confront obesity imposed a levy soft drinks and candy. Before, the often-sugary [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 3,2011
Tags: domestic programs, Republicans
Republicans controlling the House promised Thursday to slash domestic agency spending by almost 20 percent in their drive to bring it back to levels in place before President Barack Obama took office. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan announced the move as the first salvo in a battle with Obama as they seek to keep a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 26,2011
Tags: immigration, Republicans
Colorado Republicans lawmakers are proposing that people provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The bill will get its first hearing Wednesday in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. Sen. Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch says the state can’t allow illegal votes to be cast for either party if elections are going to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2011
Tags: Dick Wadhams, Politics, Republicans
Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is running for re-election. Wadhams sent a letter Tuesday to state party officials announcing that he will run for another term at the party’s central committee meeting in March. The Colorado GOP came close to losing its majority party status in the November elections when gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes barely got [...] [...]
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