Democrats and Republicans reached an 11th-hour deal on the federal budget tonight, trimming more than $38 billion and averting a looming shutdown of the government. Colorado’s senior Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat, quickly issued a statement praising both sides but calling for measures to prevent the politicizing of the budget More…
U.S. Senator Mark Udall Thursday night issued a statement saying Congress needs to pass a budget and keep the government running. He accused Republicans in the House of playing politics by using climate change and abortion to score political points.
Two days after a conservative group filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver challenging Colorado’s renewable energy standard (RES), Colorado Sen. Mark Udall – who was instrumental in getting voter approval for that RES back in 2004 – introduced a bill with his cousin Tom Udall, D-N.M., More…
Senator Mark Udall today sent House Speaker John Boehner a letter urging him to allow the government to be shut down.
In addition to Udall, 15 other senators–including Michael Bennet–signed the letter.
In addition to Udall and Bennet, the letter was signed by senators Tom Carper (DE), Kay Hagan More…
Legally married gay couples this month will be filing joint tax returns to the IRS, pressing the federal government to again acknowledge that, by failing to recognize gay marriage, it routinely asks U.S. citizens to lie on their tax forms. “More people are refusing to lie on those forms even More…
As American and United Nations forces today began a concerted military effort to neutralize Muammar el-Qaddafi and protect Libyan citizens, U.S. Senator from Colorado Mark Udall issued a statement in support of American military action in Libya.
Udall’s statement:
“Like all Americans, I deplore and condemn the violence against
When was the last time you heard a politician campaign on promises of cutting government waste? When was the last time those promises turned out to be empty? When was the last time waste turned out to mean schools and health care?
Maybe it is different this time.
Earlier this More…
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., helped lead last week’s GOP onslaught against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, despite polling in his congressional district showing two-thirds of his constituents feel “Congress should let the EPA do its job.”
Gardner, a co-sponsor of legislation meant More…
Colorado Sen. Mark Udall today, appearing on the MSNBC’s Hardball show with Chris Matthews, said American political infighting should not spill over into how the United States deals with the ongoing popular uprising against the regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.
Joined by Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., of the Senate More…
Colorado’s United States Senators,
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