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Only days after introducing a bill to move up the effective date of legislation meant to protect credit card users, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D- Colo.) got big-footed by senate heavyweight Chris Dodd, the Democrat from Connecticut. Dodd announced that he will introduce a bill that goes one better than Udall's proposal to stop credit card companies from arbitrary increases in interest rates after Dec....


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Auto dealers won't be covered under a new consumer regulatory agency after a vote in the House Financial Services Committee exempting them, despite the major role they play in financing car loans.

Among those supporting the Republican amendment that passed this morning by a vote of 47-21 was Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, whose suburban Denver district is populated with some of...


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In a post in the Atlantic Monthly's political blog this morning, Marc Ambinder reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee...


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Two of the most famous names associated with Senators from Colorado are Allard and Nighthorse Campbell, and a relative of both those famous...


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In a press call with reporters on Thursday, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Udall blasted Republican Bob Schaffer on the bailout, but took...


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Although it was Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer's campaign manager who now famously vowed to give Mark Udall an ad enema over his...

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With the Employee Free Choice Act increasingly becoming an election issue in key Senate races across the country - including Colorado's - the fact...


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Congressman Mark Udall got a ‘Do Over' on his promise to vote against sending Congress to summer recess Friday, helped out by Republicans who...

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Bob Schaffer’s campaign for Colorado’s open U.S. Senate...


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Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer has recently come under attack for an oil lease signed last year with the Kurdish regional government by his former employer, Aspect Energy. It was one of about 25 leases the Kurds have signed with foreign oil companies on their own and under heavy protest from the Iraq's central government.


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