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Sunday May 19 | Roll Call

Rep. Peters Reports Between $2 million and $7 million in Stock Transactions

Rep. Scott Peters reported this week over $2 million in stock transactions in April.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Scott Peters, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Astronics, Michael McCaul, Republican, Representative Bill Flores, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups

Sat May 18, 2013

Denver Post

Guest Commentary: Restoring Latinos' trust in police

Among many Latinos, the perception exists that reaching out to local law enforcement is more risky than potentially continuing to let a criminal run free and prey on others, even though most encounters with law enforcement do not end in the deportation of Latinos, according to U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Immigration Reform, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, University of Illinois Chicago, Opinion

Mon May 13, 2013

Broadbandreports

Bill Could Make Unlocking Your Phone Legal Again - The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013

In late January, unlocking your cellphone technically became illegal after the Librarian of Congress removed it from the DMCA exception list last year.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, DMCA News, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Anna Eshoo, Representative Thomas Massie, Republican

Sun May 12, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Reps. Jared Polis, Zoe Lofgren, Thomas Massie & Anna Eshoo Introduce...

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo. , issued the following news release: Reps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Thomas Massie, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Anna Eshoo, DMCA News, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

Fri May 10, 2013

Wired

Beyond Unlocking: Don't Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill

A funny thing happened on the way to Congress yesterday. For once, lawmakers introduced a common-sense bill - the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 .

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Related Topix: Cellphones, US Politics, Anna Eshoo, US News, US House of Representatives, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Representative Thomas Massie, Republican, DMCA News, Opinion

Thu May 09, 2013

The Old Lyons Recorder

Representative Jared Polis Speaks To Students

The Lyons High School government classes got a chance to ask questions of United States House of Representatives member Jared Polis last Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Washington Blade

In first, Pocan obtains congressional spousal ID for same-sex partner

Rep. Mark Pocan has secured a spousal ID for Philip Frank, whom he legally married in 2006 For apparently the first time ever in the history of the U.S. House, a gay member of Congress has obtained a congressional ID card identifying his same-sex partner as a spouse.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat, US News, Gay/Lesbian, Representative Sean Patrick, Barney Frank

Forbes.com

First Bill Introduced to Fix Phone Unlocking

"Zoe Lofgren has introduced the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 this afternoon with co-sponsors Jared Polis and Thomas Massie .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Anna Eshoo, Representative Thomas Massie, Republican, Libraries

Wed May 08, 2013

Boston.com

House approves GOP bill giving employees option of receiving overtime wages or taking extra time off

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican-backed bill Wednesday that would give American workers the option of taking paid ``comp time'' off for working more than 40 hours a week, instead of receiving overtime pay.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Tierney, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree

Mon May 06, 2013

Daily Kos

Hypothetical Democratic Gerrymander of Colorado

I've been working on a Colorado map. I think it can produce a 6-1-1 delegation. I didn't take into account incumbent Democrats, but I don't think they'd have a huge problem with this map.

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Related Topix: Representative Scott Tipton, Diana DeGette, US Politics, US News, Representative Mike Coffman, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Betsy Markey, Representative Ed Perlmutter

Thu May 02, 2013

Center for American Progress

Improving the Lives of LGBT Americans Beginning with Our Youth

Earlier this month Rep. Jared Polis and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen reintroduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act in the House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Gay/Lesbian, Transgender, Ohio

Wed May 01, 2013

HR Magazine

Dead ENDA?

No one has yet put the Employment Nondiscrimination Act out of its misery or placed a "Do Not Resuscitate" tag on the bill, which has had more lives than a cat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Gay/Lesbian, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican, Transgender

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Panel to discuss building green communities

The event is free and open to the public. Metered parking is available near the building.

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Related Topix: Colorado State University, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Irregular Times

Help Congress To End Discrimination By Sexual Orientation At Work

We like to think of the United States of America as a fair society, a place where a person's professional merit, rather than personal connections, is what gets them ahead.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, Liberal Political News

KVOR-AM Colorado Springs

Lawmakers Have 'Trippy' Idea to Smoke Away Federal Deficit

What if the United States could shrink the federal deficit and get high at the same time? Two congressmen calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana say it's not such a trippy idea.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Earl Blumenauer, Democrat

Mon Apr 29, 2013

EDGE

Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jared Polis, Reintroduce Anti-Bullying Bill

Just in time for National Day of Silence, Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Colorado Democrat Jared Polis have reintroduce a bill that would prohibit discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools nationwide.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Family, Kids

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Windsor Now

Windsor train horn noise on the way out? Local officials working toward solution

JIM RYDBOM/jrydbom@greeleytribune.com A train sounds its horn as it crosses over Highway 257 and Walnut Street last week in Windsor.

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Related Topix: Windsor, CO, US Politics, US News, Representative Cory Gardner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Senator Jerry Moran, Congressmen Greg Walden and Jared Polis and DISH ...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 19 -- The Consumer Electronics Association issued the following news release: The Consumer Electronics Association honored Congressman Greg Walden with the inaugural Innovation Policy Ninja Award, and named Senator Jerry Moran , Congressman Jared Polis and DISH CEO Joseph Clayton as Digital Patriots at Wednesday's CEA awards ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jerry Moran, US Senate, Republican, Greg Walden, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jerry Moran, Consumer Electronics Association

Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Huffington Post

Toni Newman: Tolerance, Respect And Acceptance: The Transgender Person's Daily Fight For Equality

As an African-American transgender woman, tolerance, respect and acceptance have been my quest for over 20 years.

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Related Topix: Transgender, African-American, California, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican, San Francisco, CA

Salon

Will Congress finally outlaw anti-gay workplace discrimination?

Today, a group of lawmakers is trying to succeed where Congress has failed for almost two decades, by introducing a bill to finally end workplace discrimination against gay and transgender Americans.

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Related Topix: US News, Gay/Lesbian, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Transgender, US Politics, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives