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• Lamborn and Udall launch naming committee for new VA Clinic

  February 27, 2013 7:32 PM

  WASHINGTON D.C. - They may sit on opposite sides of the aisle in Congress but today Senator Mark Udall, (D) Boulder and Congressman Doug Lamborn, (R) Colorado Springs found a piece of common ground, literally. The politicians have launched a committee to come up with a name for the new... more »

• How do you feel about our nation's debt crisis?

  July 26, 2011 11:35 PM

  When it comes to our nation's debt, American's want to be heard, both republicans and democrats are getting a flood of phone calls and emails. Colorado lawmakers are no exception. At Congressman Doug Lamborn's office they took nearly 3,000 calls Tuesday on the debt ceiling issue. His office reports... more »

• Colorado closer to getting new federal judge

  May 13, 2011 2:23 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado is closer to getting a new federal judge. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced Friday that the nomination of R. Brooke Jackson was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The full Senate will vote on his nomination next. Jackson is the... more »

• Sen. Udall seeks money for bark beetle mitigation

  March 26, 2011 12:36 PM

  DENVER (AP) - U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is urging federal officials to fund efforts to mitigate the effects of bark beetles in Colorado and other Western states. Bark beetles have killed 4 million acres of forests in Colorado and Wyoming, and Udall says he's growing more concerned about the... more »

• Udall to talk economy & TBI at events in Colorado Springs

  February 12, 2011 8:38 AM

  US Senator Mark Udall will be in Colorado Springs today to meet with military and business leaders. Udall is expected to speak at the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation luncheon at 12:30 p.m. The senator's office says he'll discuss his plans to help boost the economy and cut the... more »

• Sen. Udall calls for TBI therapy for veterans

  February 7, 2011 8:56 AM

  Sen. Mark Udall, co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, signed a bipartisan letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging the Secretary to provide soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injury with cognitive rehabilitation therapy. The letter notes that the therapy is widely recognized as effective treatment for TBI victims.... more »

• Udall: Let's all sit together for State of Union

  January 12, 2011 5:07 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado Sen. Mark Udall is asking Democrats and Republicans to sit side-by-side rather than dividing up by party during the State of the Union speech. Udall, a Democrat, said Wednesday the tradition of having the parties sit on opposite sides of the House chamber is a... more »

• Sen. Mark Udall to visit Colorado Springs, Pueblo

  August 26, 2010 2:27 PM

  If you want to tell Sen. Mark Udall how Congress should be running the county, you'll get your chance Friday and Saturday. The senator has events planned in both Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Sen. Udall will begin his events with a field hearing of the Senate's Special Committee on... more »

• Colorado senators back EPA in global warming

  June 10, 2010 8:23 AM

  Colorado's two Democratic senators have affirmed support for federal environmental regulators as the Senate prepared to take its first vote on a measure some see as a test of the Senate's stand on climate change. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet both have vowed to vote against a Republican-led... more »

• Udall seeks emergency funds to manage beetle kill

  May 26, 2010 3:18 PM

  Colorado Sen. Mark Udall is seeking emergency funds to remove hazardous trees killed by bark beetles in national parks and forests. He is proposing an amendment to the Senate emergency supplemental appropriations bill that would award the U.S. Forest Service $42 million and the National Park Service $8 million.... more »

• Congress members want building named for Udall

  April 26, 2010 8:51 AM

  Members of New Mexico's congressional delegation and some of their colleagues from the West want to name the U.S. Department of Interior building in Washington after Stewart Udall, a former Interior secretary. Udall, who was Interior secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died last month at age 90. He is... more »

• Sen. Udall sees nukes as part of energy solution

  October 30, 2009 1:40 PM

  U.S. Senator Mark Udall is sponsoring a bill that would authorize research into modular, small-scale nuclear power plants to help meet energy needs while cutting carbon emissions. The Colorado Democrat said in a speech in the Senate Thursday that the threat of climate change requires an "all-of-the-above solution." Udall is... more »

• Mark Udall: Time to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'

  October 17, 2009 9:34 AM

  Senator Mark Udall says he wants U.S. military chiefs to tell Congress in the next 30 days how they would handle a repeal of the nation's 'don't ask, don't tell' law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. On Friday the Colorado Democrat released a letter... more »

• Sen. Udall at Fort Carson to discuss soldiers' training

  September 3, 2009 8:30 AM

  Sen. Mark Udall is meeting with Fort Carson military officials to discuss the role of soldiers from the base in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Udall will meet with Maj. Gen. David Perkins and other military leaders Thursday. A Udall spokeswoman says the senator and the military officials... more »