Mark Udall News

Received this e-mail from Senator Kristen Gillibrand today in support of three Democratic Senators up for re-election next year who all happen to be named Mark: My friends Sens. Mark Pryor, Mark Udall and Mark Begich are all polling within single digits - and if they lose their re-election fights, our majority is gone.

The panel reportedly concluded that NSA surveillance programs follow the law but recommended dozens of changes to structure, transparency, and internal security.

The National Security Agency could undergo sweeping changes if recommendations expected to be made by a presidential task force are adopted.

Colorado Springs U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn supported a pair of bills that passed the House Thursday to set a 2014 federal spending and set a Pentagon budget plan.

Roll Call reports on the methods Republicans are using to make life at least a little bit difficult for Democrats who want to confirm nominees.

Officials with the Boulder Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests have announced completion of a land swap deal with Boulder County's Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District.

Concord - The New Hampshire Republican State Committee today slammed Senator Jeanne Shaheen's latest attempt to reposition herself on ObamaCare.

Gov. John Hickenlooper puts the finishing touch - reflective beads - on U.S. 34 in Big Thompson Canyon during the reopening of the road Nov. 21, more than a week ahead of schedule.

General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the US Cyber Command, speaks during a discussion at the Reagan Building October 30, 2013 in Washington, DC.

Three Northern Colorado towns tired of freight train horns blaring day and night are on a mission to change federal train safety policy so they can muffle warning blasts.

The number of voters who are registering themselves as independents has soared since 2008 when Democrats were at their high point, according to a new analysis from the centrist Democratic group Third Way.

The number of voters who are registering themselves as independents has soared since 2008 when Democrats were at their high point, according to a new analysis from the centrist Democratic group Third Way.

One of the handful of Republicans looking to take on Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has earned the endorsement of Jane Norton, who was heavily favored to win the GOP Senate nomination in 2010.

The National Security Agency's court-approved authority to access and analyze phone records three "hops" away from a suspected terrorist's phone number has alarmed civil liberties groups like the ACLU, which estimated that just one starting number could yield 2.5 million people's phone records.

Just days away from closing on a new house, a Dallas couple has discovered the Veterans Affairs Department won't guarantee their new home loan because it doesn't count the income of a non-veteran spouse for same-sex married couples in states that don't recognize such marriages.

Here's a fundraising email we received from 2014 GOP U.S. Senate primary contender Amy Stephens , who polls show is having an unexpectedly difficult time gaining traction in the race to take on incumbent Sen. Mark Udall next year: The news this past week that Senator Mark Udall is doubling down on his support for ObamaCare is an example of how out ... (more)

Democrats are not faring too well these days in Colorado: On the heels of the latest polls indicating that both Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Mark Udall are vulnerable to Republican challengers in 2014, a new survey found Republicans leading the state legislature ballot as well.

The Telluride Foundation announced this week that it is going attempt to rename the Telluride Post Office after the late General Norman Schwarzkopf, who was a part-time Telluride resident.

President Barack Obama's sinking approval numbers are hurting the re-election chances of Democratic Sen. Mark Udall in Colorado, where a new poll shows him in an ever-tougher fight in the swing state, The Hill reported Friday.

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