Mark Udall News

Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher journeyed to Washington, D.C., June 24 to show his support for amending the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is the source of the stimulus dollars starting to flow from federal coffers.

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Colorado a Procurement Technical Assistance Center that will aid small businesses in getting contracts with federal, state and local governments.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter has been on the phone a good bit lately. Like for nine hours in what are called "tele-town-halls." The telephone calls are about the college scholarships that are to be financed by the Arkansas lottery.

Activists from environmental watchdog Greenpeace and Oxfam protest outside the Asian Development Bank during a climate change summit on June 16, in Manila, Philippines.

'It is a small state, and yet there are those who love it.' Sen. Daniel Webster, arguing the Dartmouth case before the Supreme Court, actually said 'college,' not 'state.' But the paraphrase is apropos for my state and yours alike in a summer when the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor has everyone talking about Senators and justices.

Federal energy authorities are looking for comments on their ideas about gas wells in the neighborhood of the Project Rulison nuclear blast site.

Ask Ray Clifton, executive director of the Colorado Rural Electric Association, whether rural co-ops like his can save the health care system, and he doesn't miss a beat.

Staffers for U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet are encouraging residents and small business officials to attend a northern Colorado workshop this week to learn about economic stimulus grants.

Colorado representatives are encouraging the Small Business Administration to work with Colorado lenders to extend credit for small businesses hit by the closure of Greeley-based New Frontier Bank.

The likelihood that Michael Bennet will face a serious primary opponent in next year's U.S. Senate race grew slimmer Saturday when he picked up the official endorsement of fellow senator and Democrat Mark Udall.

The owner of a Chinese restaurant accused of laundering money from a marijuana growing ring once served food to former President George W. Bush on Air Force One.

Berthoud Recorder Staff U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, and Congresswoman Betsy Markey have called on the Small Business Administration to use newly available incentives from the economic recovery act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program to help Colorado lenders extend credit to small businesses affected by the closure of New Frontier ...

U.S. Rep. John Salazar called a truce in the fight over the expansion of the Army's Pion Canyon training facility Wednesday, saying that he no longer plans to push Congress to enact a permanent ban of the Army's effort.

As American tourists watch their travel budgets, the Senate is considering a bill aimed at getting more foreign travelers to the U.S. Both of Colorado's senators are among several co-sponsors of the measure.

Washington, June 14: Scions of India's many political dynasties of the new millennium will arrive in one group in the US next weekend for a stint of academic work at Yale designed to promote their careers and then travel to Washington to engage their dynastic counterparts in the US.

If more than 7½ years of fighting in Afghanistan doesn't qualify as a quagmire, you have to wonder what would.

Difficult as it might be to imagine, you are a porn star! Now don't go peeking in the mirror.

Shortly after a meeting between Latino business owners and Sen. Michael Bennet on a controversial unionizing bill last week, his team began working the back channels to control the spin war they feared would result.

Mark Udall about water law and guns. WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark Udall quizzed New York-born-and- bred Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on issues important to the West on Thursday, then said he was "very inclined" to vote for her confirmation.

A former rising star in Colorado politics admitted Wednesday to faking service in the Marine Corps, saying in a television interview that "hopefully the people I hurt can in some way gain closure" from the possible criminal charges he faces.