Thursday - May 22, 2025
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Saturday April 26, 2025 ( 3 items )  

1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Topic of In Focus White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12976) on April 24, 2025. The white paper is written by natural resources policy specialist Charles V. Stern, environmental policy analyst Elena H. Humphreys and deputy assistant director and specialist Nicole T. Carter: * * * 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty: Issues in the 119th Congress A bilateral water treaty from 1944 - the Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana  more

Hickenlooper, Democrats Raise Alarm About Republican Plan to Cut SNAP Benefits to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Wealthy
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Democrats Raise Alarm About Republican Plan to Cut SNAP Benefits to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Wealthy Republicans' national budget will gut SNAP benefits, increase prices for Coloradans, increase the deficit, and give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and his Democratic Senate colleagues recently sounded the alarm about the Republic  more

Rep. Neguse Joins Colleagues in Urging Trump to Reverse AmeriCorps Cuts
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Neguse Joins Colleagues in Urging Trump to Reverse AmeriCorps Cuts Lafayette, CO -- Congressman Joe Neguse, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, joined Congresswoman Doris Matsui, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan National Service Caucus, and 148 of their colleagues from the House and Senate in sending a letter to President Donald Trump defending AmeriCorps and NCCC AmeriCorps   more