Politics & Policy
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News
Republican riders toppled
Republicans in Congress give up on extra riders - including some anti-environmental riders - that were bogging down the flood-relief bill.
by Greg Hanscom, Jul 07, 1997 -
News
Politics here consists of hating the East
As the world's great powers meet in Denver and history happens in their countries' capitals, American politicians seem to think of nothing but sex.
by Jon Margolis, Jun 23, 1997 -
News
A Republican wins it
Republican Bill Redmond beats out Democrat Eric Serna and Green Party candidate Carol Miller to represent northern New Mexcio as Bill Richardson leaves to be ambassador to the UN.
by Heather Abel, May 26, 1997 -
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Flood bill awash with anti-environmental riders
A flood-relief bill in Congress is infested by riders that could cause tremendous environmental damage if passed.
by Greg Hanscom, May 26, 1997 -
News
The Craig bill: Calm down, everybody
The furor over Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's national forest-reforming bill is really much ado about nothing in the rather tame 105th Congress.
by Jon Margolis, May 12, 1997 -
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Money: the real political organizer
A survey of soft money focuses on Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz and his generosity to the Republican party.
by Jon Margolis, Apr 14, 1997 -
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Money: the real political organizer
A survey of soft money focuses on Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz and his generosity to the Republican party.
by Jon Margolis, Apr 14, 1997 -
Book Reviews
Cut the fat out
"Green Scissors: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending and Subsidies" describes how to cut the budget and protect the environment at the same time.
by Staff, Mar 17, 1997 -
News
A U.S. senator who shoots from the hip
A flap over the appearance of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., in Banana Republic clothing ads highlights the interesting character of a man who seems less interested in being a senator than in doing other things.
by Jon Margolis, Mar 17, 1997 -
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Montana Legislature "swirlies' to the right
A slew of bills - some wacky - introduced in Montana's Republican-dominated legislature could weaken environmental protection and anti-discrimination laws.
by George Everett, Mar 17, 1997 -
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Clinton's budget blows off a wilder West
Environmentalists urge President Clinton to budget more money for public lands and conservation in a difficult era of cutbacks and competing causes.
by Jon Margolis, Feb 17, 1997 -
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This year, Congress slunk into Washington
In stark contrast to the revolutionary zeal that opened the 104th Congress two years ago, the 105th Congress begins quietly.
by Jon Margolis, Jan 20, 1997 -
Related Stories
The way columnist Ellen Miller saw one "96 race in Colorado
Republican Wayne Allard beat Democrat Tom Strickland in Colorado because Westerners didn't like Clinton's "land grab" in Utah, columnist says.
by Ellen Miller, Nov 25, 1996 -
Related Stories
Don't expect problem solving in 1997-1998
The next Congress will probably not solve any Western environmental problems.
by Paul Larmer, Nov 25, 1996 -
Feature
The Republicans now own the West
A state-by-state review of the national elections reveals a West given over to Republicans.
by Heather Abel, Nov 25, 1996






