Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]

360,000 acres delineated for oil shale development

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nearly 360,000 acres in western Colorado are to be set aside for oil shale development, part of 1.9 million acres containing shale and tar sands. The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday released its final documents needed to set aside the lands for

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Grand County â€” Separate fund to pay for catastrophic wildfires ...

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

To express your support, contact US Senator Wayne Allard in his Denver office. By mail at 7340 E. Caley, Suite 215, Englewood, CO 80111, by phone: (303) ...

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Salazar wants hearings on court vacancies

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sen. Ken Salazar asked a Senate committee Tuesday to hold hearings next week on two of the three Coloradans nominated for federal judgeships. In a letter to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Salazar said he was hopeful Christine Arguello

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Education bill includes funding program for veterinary schools ...

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

The School of Veterinary Medicine Competitive Grant Program sponsored by Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard, a veterinarian, is a scaled-down version of the ...

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Orrin Hatch

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

Recent polls show Republican Bob Schaffer and Democrat Mark Udall neck-and-neck in race to succeed US Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Loveland). But US Sen. ...

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Colorado Ladies Love McCain

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

And they are capable of voting for either party: They were the swing voters who elected retiring GOP Senator Wayne Allard and former GOP Governor Bob Owens, ...

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Danger! PYT VP Ahead

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

Remember, however, we all laughed at "deer in the headlights" Quayle, but he was sworn in as Vice President of the United States, despite Senator Lloyd ...

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McCain's allure in El Paso County: He's not Obama

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

Bill Owens and Sen. Wayne Allard. Both are solid social and fiscal conservatives, but it's not what they ran on. They went into moderate counties, ...

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Ben Bova: US needs a separate â€˜space forceâ€™

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

The Allard Commission on US national security in space (named after its sponsor, Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard) recently recommended a bold new course for the ...

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NoCo Republicans praise Palin selection

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., called the choice "brilliant." â€œGovernor Palin has now become the only true Washington outsider on either ticket and I couldnâ€™t ...

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NoCo Republicans praise Palin selection

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Leading Northern Colorado Republicans today expressed surprise and elation at John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. "It's brilliant and I'm excited and looking forward to what Senator McCain has to say," said Sue

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Ads flood Denver airwaves with new fervor

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

DENVER | The Mile High City was awash in political advertising this week, but that had more to do with the situation in Colorado than the arrival of the Democratic National Convention. State advertising executives said campaign ads dominate the

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Presidential Race Might Be Decided In Centrist Colorado

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

If Democrats again fall short in Ohio, as John Kerry did in 2004, Plan B is certain to involve Colorado. In fact, it might make more sense to think of Colorado as part of Plan A. Current polls show the Rocky Mountain State could offer Barack Obama his

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Dems to Showcase Senate Campaign Plans at Convention

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Bob Schaffer for the seat of retiring two-term Republican Sen. Wayne Allard . Colorado went through a long period in which Republicans held the upper hand, ...

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Dems hope for Senate gains

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Udall, who is running against Republican Bob Schaffer to replace outgoing Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., is scheduled to speak tonight at Invesco Field in the ...

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Counties expecting millions have to settle for a fraction of thousands

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Colorado stands to get thousands of dollars from its share of the value of the natural gas already siphoned out of the Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 3 on the Piceance Basin. Barring late action by Congress this year, the northwest counties that had hoped

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Suthers' plea mostly futile

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Wayne Allard commended Suthers for pushing the issue, but told us he doesn't expect anything will be done on it this year. If anything, Suthers' quest ...

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Mark Davis' DNC diary

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

The other senator, Republican Wayne Allard, is retiring, and in the race to succeed him, the Democrat leads. The DNC put its convention here to pry Colorado ...

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Economy, jobs top list of Nevadans' concerns

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

McCain later backtracked on the remark, writing in a letter to Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., "I do not advocate renegotiation of the compact. ...

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Counties expecting millions have to settle for a fraction of thousands

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wayne Allard, R-Colo., and Ken Salazar, D-Colo., would send the state share to four counties directly. The bill calls for Garfield and Rio Blanco counties ...

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