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Oil shale and solar status (Angry Bear)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT

The Rocky Mountain News reports on oil shale development moratorium from last May: The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard's attempt to end a moratorium related to oil shale development in Colorado. It was a big day for Colorado energy issues on Capitol Hill as Gov. Bill Ritter testified before a senate committee asking lawmakers to move cautiously...

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Allard backing Federal Marriage Amendment (Steam Powered Opinions)

noreply@blogger.com (Steam Powered Opinions) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:46:00 GMT

On Wednesday 10 GOP Senators sponsored a joint resolution proposing to amend the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Wayne Allard is one of those Senators . You know who else is joining Wayne Allard in their support for traditional marriage? Louisiana Senator David Vitter whom you might recall has quite an appetite for prostitutes and Larry...

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Daily Sentinel repeated earlier selective reporting on oil shale moratorium (Colorado Media Matters)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:54:08 GMT

In a June 25 article by Gary Harmon , The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction uncritically reported that Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard "said he has enough votes from Democrats from energy-rich states to win approval" of a measure he introduced to overturn a moratorium on the issuance of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations for oil shale development leases on federal...

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Wicker Joins Senate Homophobia Club (Plunderbund)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:58:26 GMT

... still think- though looking at the list of co-sponsors I guess we shouldn’t be surprised:Sen. Wayne Allard [R-CO]Sen. Samuel Brownback [R-KS]Sen. Larry Craig [R-ID]Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]Sen. John Thune [R-SD]Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]These guys are all well-know homophobes.Some of them have introduced similiar bills in the past (Allard...

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Daily Sentinel article uncritically reported Allard's claim he "ha[s] the votes" to overturn oil shale moratorium (Colorado Media Matters)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:13:23 GMT

In a June 21 article , The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction uncritically reported that, according to a spokesman, Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard "had the votes to overturn a moratorium on development of regulations for oil shale development." In contrast with a June 19 Denver Post article , the Daily Sentinel article omitted both that an existing moratorium on Interior Department...

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Delivering PEPFAR Petitions to Sen. Allard (ONE)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:34:31 GMT

One Wednesday I dropped off 900 pages worth of letters to Senator Wayne Allard’s office asking the senator to become a cosponsor. The letters made quite the impression on the staff there. After dropping them off we talked at length about the type of work ONE does and the development issues we are working on. [...]

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Oliver let Allard staffer discuss Weld County issues without noting he's a candidate for county office (Colorado Media Matters)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:05:41 GMT

On her June 19 1310 KFKA broadcast, Amy Oliver , director of operations for the "free-market" Independence Institute , and Sean Conway, the chief of staff for Republican U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, discussed a law enforcement funding development related to "the leadership of the Weld County commissioners" without disclosing that Conway is a candidate for Weld County Commissioner . While...

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Ari Melber: Why President Obama Could Lose Ohio & Florida (The Huffington Post)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:48:40 GMT

... post from Republicans in 2004; Democratic Rep. Mark Udall leads the race to replace retiring Sen. Wayne Allard, in a seat that Republicans have comfortably held for three decades. Udall touts himself as an "independent leader" who can reach across the aisle. Yet he also fights for core principles on progressive national security and the "Western way of life." The message is essentially...

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Sunlight Lawmaker Profiler (The New York Observer)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:40:05 GMT

Choose a legislator... [HI] Neil Abercrombie [NY] Gary Ackerman [AL] Robert Aderholt [HI] Daniel Akaka [MO] Todd Akin [LA] Rodney Alexander [TN] Lamar Alexander [CO] Wayne Allard [ME] Tom Allen [PA] Jason Altmire [NJ] Robert Andrews [NY] Michael Arcuri [CA] Joe Baca [MN] Michele Bachmann [AL] Spencer Bachus [WA] Brian Baird [LA] Richard Baker [WI] Tammy Baldwin [WY] John Barrasso [SC]...

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Lawmaker Profiler from Sunlight Media Services (The New York Observer)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:40:05 GMT

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Bipartisan crowd cheers on Brownstein (Denver Post)

editor@denverpost.com (Joanne Davidson / Denver Post Staff Writer) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:16:55 GMT

... Mayor John Hickenlooper, former U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth, Gov. Bill and Jeannie Ritter and U.S. Sens. Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, who described Brownstein as "The personification of the American dream." Riches weren't a given in those early days, Brownstein affirmed. "Forty years ago, when three of us who'd been friends from childhood decided to start a law firm, we bartered pies, piñon...

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Shale Oil Still a Mirage (NewWest.Net Boulder)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Talk of a "new boom" in oil shale production has been heard for more than two years now -- but it's not happening soon. While they are opposed on most energy issues, Republican Sen. Wayne Allard and Democratic Rep. Mark Udall, both of Colorado, are opposed to a new plan to mine potentially rich shale deposits on the Western Slope.

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Shale Oil Still a Mirage (New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Talk of a new boom in oil shale production has been heard for more than two years now but it's not happening soon. While they are opposed on most energy issues, Republican Sen. Wayne Allard and Democratic Rep. Mark Udall, both of Colorado, are opposed to a new plan to mine potentially rich shale deposits on the Western Slope.

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Leprino chooses Greeley for new plant (The Denver Business Journal)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:57:16 GMT

Cheese manufacturer Leprino Foods Co. has chosen Greeley as the site for a second factory in Northern Colorado, U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard said Friday.

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What Will Be Left of the GOP Senate? (BooMan Tribune)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:19:34 GMT

Another interesting test of the fallout over the 2002 vote on granting Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq is to look at how soon we'll be rid of all, or nearly all, the Republicans that voted 'aye'. Here's some thoughts on the matter. Wayne Allard (R-CO)- Allard is retiring in 2009 and it looks likely that Democratic Rep. Mark Udall will take over his seat. George Allen...

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Democrats gaining hold in the West (The Washington Times)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:30:00 GMT

DENVER | The last three Coloradans to hold this year's open Senate seat seem to be described as the exceedingly conservative Bill Armstrong, the rather conservative Hank Brown and the dependably conservative Wayne Allard.

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Now it's Obama's turn to put stamp on convention (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:45:00 GMT

... with a U.S. Senate seat. They could take another Senate seat this year with the retirement of Sen. Wayne Allard.That record inspired Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to declare that the West has a road map to the White House for Democrats. Dean said Democratic gains in the West show that voters want politicians to focus on bipartisan collaboration, straight-talk...

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Colorado media uncritically reported Wadhams' claim that opponent outspent Allard in Senate races (Colorado Media Matters)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:51:18 GMT

In recent reports, several Colorado media outlets uncritically repeated the talking point of Dick Wadhams , campaign manager for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer , that retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard was outspent twice by his Democratic opponent, Tom Strickland, when he ran for Senate in 1996 and 2002. In fact, Federal Election Commission (FEC) data show that...

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Colorado GOP Convention Video Wrap (Slapstick Politics)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:44:00 GMT

It was a pleasure liveblogging with Ben DeGrow of Mount Virtus (extensive coverage-- with humor! ) and Night Twister ( great wrap up analysis ). Complete video from the convention--including Rep. Tom Tancredo, Sen. Wayne Allard, and Bob Schaffer's nomination acceptance speech-- can be found here . I'll have more thoughts later, but first, here is Gov. Mitt Romney's stump speech on behalf...

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Wayne Allard Honored, Tom Tancredo Gives Red Meat to GOP Faithful (Mount Virtus)

Sat, 31 May 2008 15:50:13 GMT

From the GOP Convention in Broomfield… After Dick Wadhams’ opening remarks, the unity theme kicked off with a video tribute to retiring U.S. Senator Wayne Allard, followed by words from Allard’s wife Joan and Senator Allard himself. If the crowd was slowly coming to life before, retiring Rep. Tom Tancredo’s soundbite speech - which strikes themes [...]

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