Mark Udall News

Yahoo! News' Meredith Shiner's recent piece on the goofy little group No Labels -- currently leading all comers in the race to be my Summer 2014 Spirit Animal -- has clearly gotten under the organization's skin like it was Lyme Disease.

Though it ostensibly stays neutral in primary elections, the Republican Governors Association appears to have played favorites in at least one contest this year, apparently financing outside spending against a well-known fellow Republican.

"Your plan is whining. Your plan is suing the president and using taxpayer dollars," Eshoo said to Republicans during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing as lawmakers debated a proposal by Representative Greg Cassidy to allow people to keep purchasing group plans currently available.

U.S. Senators are considering using a special rule to compel the White House to reveal the information from their investigation into the CIA's post-9/11 use of torture to interrogate detainees.

Summit County Commissioner Dan Gibbs, foreground, and U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., visited earlier this year the Lake Hill property the county would like to acquire from the U.S. Forest Service for a workforce housing development.

Spurred by the recent Interior Department decision to block the use of federal irrigation water to cultivate marijuana, the four U.S. senators from Washington and Colorado want the White House to direct federal agencies to adopt uniform guidelines impacting recreational pot.

Last Thursday we wrote about a story from Cosmopolitan magazine discussing the Personhood issue in Congress, with a focus on Colorado Rep. Cory Gardner's struggles with flip-flopping on the issue.

Back in April , a reported "endorsement" of GOP U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner by the nonpartisan advocacy group No Labels caused tremendous controversy, leading to the group's clarification that their "Seal of Approval" is not a bonafide candidate endorsement at all.

The following diaries are examples of this week's Election Diary Rescue. This post features a collection of 43 diaries.

New York Times provides yet another illustration of how the paper's support for restrictions on political speech distorts its reporting on the issue.

The New York Times and CBS News tried a massive endeavor to collect a lot more polling data from everywhere in the country.

One of Washington's most influential lobbying firms made thousands of dollars in political contributions to U.S. lawmakers as it worked on behalf of the Alberta government to promote Keystone, documents reveal.

There are number of states where hydraulic fracturing has become a hot-button topic, but few are as polarized as Colorado.

It appears that concern about government snooping may actually be an issue of equal importance to Democrats and Republicans, at least while a Democrat is in the White House.

With some very big money pouring into the race for Colorado's Senate seat, this battle has been on the watch list for most political observers.

A worker oils a pump March 25 at a fracking site near Mead, Colo. On Thursday, a Boulder County judge struck down a town's ban on fracking, a method of extracting oil and gas that's been heavily opposed by environmental groups.

A bill to pave the way for a workforce housing project in Summit County ended its yearlong congressional journey shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, July 25, when President Barack Obama signed into law the Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act.

The CIA obtained a legally protected, confidential email between whistleblower officials and Congress this spring, raising questions over whether the agency illegally has access to other communications regarding whistleblowers, McClatchy reported.

Incumbent Republican Mike Coffman, left, faces Democrat challenger, Andrew Romanoff, in the race to represent the 6th Congressional District.

Like the warm blanket of a humid day, a malaise has settled on the statehouse as lawmakers, lobbyists, staffers and reporters alike await word on a budget deal – the ticket to the end of the prolonged legislative session.