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Betsy Markey
Betsy Markey is a Democratic politician from Colorado. Check back for more coverage of Betsy Markey, congressional elections and other Colorado politics.
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Faviola Juarez, a soft-spoken high school senior, wants to be the first in her family to attend college, but she sometimes worries that a difficult past could block her way.
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COLORADO: "The Republican race to challenge Rep. Betsy Markey (D) is getting crowded." Markey knocked off a three-term Republican incumbent for Colorado's 4th Congressional seat last year, and, as of Tuesday night, faces a third Republican challenger: Dean Madere, "a Louisiana native who works for a heating and air conditioning company and says he's "average" but "frustrated" with the direction of the country."
CONNECTICUT: "In a move that...
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- Markey cool and uncommitted to Pelosi’s reform bill | coloradoan.com (clips.progressnow.org)
Rep. Betsy Markey voted against a health-care reform bill backed by President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership Saturday night, citing concerns over the cost of the bill.
"It was a difficult decision because there's a lot of good things in the bill, as well, that I like, but in the end, I just didn't think that it did enough to control health-care costs," the Fort Collins Democrat said in an interview with the Coloradoan...
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- Betsy Markey votes against health-care bill (search.live.com)
- Colorado’s Rep. Markey explains her vote against Democrats’ health reform... (clips.progressnow.org)
- 20 minutes with Congresswoman Betsy Markey (collegian.com)
http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=18668
State Rep. Cory Gardner likely will be the Republican candidate in next year’s general-election contest for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District seat, former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave said Thursday.
But Musgrave also predicted that Gardner will face a difficult battle against U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, the Fort Collins Democrat who unseated Fort Morgan Republican Musgrave in last year’s...
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http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091108/NEWS01/91107021/1002/Vote-may-cost-Markey-core-support--professors-say
The vote on health-care reform was fraught with political risks for Rep. Betsy Markey no matter which way she went, said two Colorado State University political scientists who closely follow the 4th Congressional District.
But by voting against the bill, she may have set off on the riskiest political course of all, they said...
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- Vote may cost Markey core support, professors say (search.live.com)
