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Is the sun setting on Tancredo and Allard?

January 6, 2009

In the aftermath of a Denver Post report concluding that retiring Sen. Wayne Allard and Rep. Tom Tancredo are riding “off into [the] political sunset,” politicos are now questioning whether leaving Congress will bring the end on the political careers of these two public servants.

"Former Senator Hank Brown, a friend of my own election campaign, has been campaigning publicly for Amendment 49, a proposal that would end the government's role as bag man for unions and their recycling of public dollars into political campaigns. It wouldn't prevent anyone from giving to their union small donor committee, it would just make the unions responsible for their own collections and accounting.

8/22: Gov't shouldn't play bill collector

Should government act as the “bag-man” for special interests? A former U.S. Senator says, “no way.”

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7/3: Bad policy, sugar-coated

A sugar-coated tax increase is still a...tax increase.

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