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Biden tells Colo. crowd stimulus ‘is working’
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden and Colorado Democrats are trying to sell a sunny economic future. Biden talked up the federal stimulus package in a visit to a new factory at a Longmont electronics company that received a $45 million stimulus award. The expanded factory could eventually employ 2,700. Biden said the stimulus passed last year is improving the economy and said, “I …
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VP Biden tells Colorado crowd that stimulus ‘is working’
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and Colorado Democrats are trying to sell a sunny economic future.
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Biden visiting Weld County, Denver on Friday
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Colorado Friday to promote the Obama administration’s economic and energy policies and to raise money for Rep. Betsy Markey.
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Bent, Crowley, Otero counties honor candidates
Democratic leaders and constituents gathered Saturday night at the Bent’s Fort Inn in a fund-raiser for camaraderie and show of support for local, state and national candidates of the Democratic Party.
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Vice President Biden salutes Colorado’s energy innovations, cites need for more research funding
LONGMONT – Vice President Joe Biden lauded Colorado’s contributions to renewable energy and alternative transportation at a speech Friday east of Longmont and said the country needs to sponsor basic research to spur innovation.
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Biden To Visit Longmont Company
Vice President Joe Biden is headed to a Colorado technology company to promote stimulus money the business received. Biden plans a Friday visit to Longmont’s UQM Technologies, which makes generators and electric motors. The company received $45 million in funding from the stimulus act and is building a new factory. Also attending the factory tour is Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey. After the tour …
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Vice President Joe Biden: ‘Made in America is not a bad thing’
FREDERICK – Vice President Joe Biden used the success of a southwest Weld County company Friday to show the United States is coming out of the recession, thanks in part to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Biden was joined by U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Gov. Bill Ritter to showcase UQM Technologies, which received a $45.1 million U.S. Department of …
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Vice President Biden touts Weld success story
FREDERICK – Vice President Joe Biden used the success story of a southwest Weld County company Friday to show the U.S. is coming out of the recession. Biden was joined by U.S Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Gov. Bill Ritter to showcase UQM Technologies, which received $45 million in funding from the federal recovery act and is building a new factory. UQM manufactures …
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Vice President Joe Biden to Speak at UQM Technologies New Manufacturing Facility on April 30, 2010
FREDERICK, Colo. April 29, 2010; UQM TECHNOLOGIES a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, will be speaking at the Company’s new manufacturing facility on Friday, April 30, 2010. Also speaking at the event will be UQM Technologies’ President and Chief Executive Officer, William G. Rankin, Congresswoman Betsy Markey …
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Markey votes to block Congress pay raise; measure passes House
Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., voted Tuesday to block the scheduled 2011 pay raise for members of Congress. Markey, who co-sponsored legislation earlier this year to stop the raise, voted for similar legislation last year, which also passed. “With unemployment still high and the economy recovering from a recession, families across Colorado are making tough decisions and cutting spending to make …
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