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Awareness of 988 Colorado grew 80% in past year, mental health line says coloradopolitics.com/legislature/aw…

New story: Finance chair Crapo says he supports Cassidy's bill to crack down on Medicare Advantage overpayments Wyden and Smith called for action on the issue yesterday too Still faces lots of insurer resistance, fears about touching Medicare at all

SCOOP: Sen Booker brought Aaron Parnas to Dem lunch to push them to join TikTok. Staff were encouraged to use personal devices to create official accts to circumvent federal ban on gov devices Booker staff said Rules Cmte OK’d, but many left mtg alarmed punchbowl.news/archive/72325-…

DNI Tulsi Gabbard is at today’s White House press briefing today.

🚨 NEWS: Bill Huizenga passes on U.S. Senate bid for open seat in Michigan #MISen detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews

State legislation that lowered property taxes has also drastically reduced funding for emergency services cpr.org/2025/07/23/pro… #copolitics

Federal magistrate hears arguments over whether to free former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters while she appeals state conviction cpr.org/2025/07/22/tin… via @BenteBirkeland #copolitics

Rep. Gabe Evans often discusses his grandfather’s path to citizenship. Documents show he left out some details cpr.org/2025/07/22/gab… #copolitics

Senate was due to start voting at 2:15 on a procedural motion for the Emil Bove nomination & then the first vote on the MilCon-VA funding bill But there are GOP attendance issues. Kennedy/McConnell/Mullin missed earlier votes. Meaning Bove vote would be a tie. Vance out of town

New: Schumer indicates Democrats will advance today's VA spending bill "It was done in a bipartisan process, no question about  it. Second, it undoes many of the awful DOGE cuts to veterans. And third, we'll have an amendment process after. This is just a motion to proceed"

BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne, famed Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died. He was 76. abcnews.link/j4QbWgf

Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans has centered his pro-Trump political identity — and his support for mass deportation — on the story of his Mexican-American grandfather, who he has repeatedly said immigrated “the legal way.” Documents show that isn’t true.

Some redistricting news: MISSOURI Republicans are discussing a new 7R-1D map that would crack Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district The WH, which pushed TX to redistrict, is on board, per sources familiar The current map is 6R-2D punchbowl.news/article/campai…

‘It gives them a path’: Rep. Gabe Evans (#CO08) says The Dignity Act will bring reform and opportunity to immigration policies cpr.org/2025/07/22/rep… via @BenteBirkeland #copolitics

Rep. Crow says he was denied entry to detention facility cpr.org/2025/07/22/rep… #copolitics

VA Secretary defends staffing cuts in visit to regional veterans hospital in Aurora cpr.org/2025/07/21/va-… via @CODaleyNews #copolitics

The House is now scheduled to leave a day early for the August recess since the Rules committee failed to report a rule. Only suspension bills voted on today and tomorrow. House is due back on Sept 2.

MORE NEWS — HOUSE RS AND HOUSE DS announced today a new pilot security program. The HOUSE will increase residential security from $10,000 to $20,000 a month. Also members will get $5,000 per month for personal security for Aug and Sept. @allymutnick @heatherscope and me

GOP Chair Brita Horn announces a squeaker of final vote: Holtorf wins 204-193, becomes the party's new Vice Chair.

NEW — THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE has ratified @RepGarbarino as chair of Homeland Security Committee. It was a voice vote. @Rep_Clyde voted no in the voice vote.