Press
Group slams GOP Web site
April 17, 2007
Complaint alleges use of campaign funds violates law
A government watchdog group filed a complaint Monday accusing Senate Republicans of breaking the law by using campaign funds to pay for their official Web site.
“Members of the Senate minority and their staffers have shown callous disregard for Colorado laws and have abused their public positions to advance a purely partisan agenda,” said Chantell Taylor, director of Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government. “Coloradans pay legislators to represent people, not parties.”
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Bill Significantly Expands Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Fitz-Gerald passes measure to lower energy bills and reduce resource consumption
“This bill is a win-win proposal for consumers and businesses. It will lower carbon dioxide emissions, save water, conserve natural gas and energy, and send money back to households and businesses,” said Senator Fitz-Gerald.
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Citizen Legislator: Gail Schwartz
April 3, 2007: Senator Gail Schwartz is profiled in the Rocky Mountain News
“Sen. Gail Schwartz biked through Colorado three times with Ride the Rockies, an incredible feat for a woman who was told she might never walk again after surviving a car accident that killed her 8-year-old daughter.”
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Senate Dems Pass Iraq War Resolution
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Dems pass memorial to stop the escalation of the war in Iraq; all Republicans vote ‘no’
DENVER—On the day the U.S. Senate passed a bill providing $122 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and ordered Bush to begin withdrawing troops, the Colorado Senate Democrats passed a resolution opposing the escalation of the war in Iraq.
