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The U.S. House on Monday passed a resolution introduced by Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans that condemns the June 1 antisemitic attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall by an Egyptian national who was in the country illegally.
Evans, who represents Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District, criticized the state’s “radical leftist… Read more »
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), joined by Reps Brittany Pettersen, Harriet Hageman, Nikema Williams, and Young Kim, introduced the Veterans Affairs Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2025 (VALID Act). Despite potentially offering thousands of dollars in savings over the life of a loan, VA loans are underused – with only 10% to… Read more »
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The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with its plan to phase out old aircraft and use the money to reinvest in new ones. But the states with retiring squadrons aren’t necessarily going to get those new fighter planes or, maybe, any.
Colorado’s 140th Wing, based out of Buckley Space Force Base, is on the divestment list, and along with about a dozen… Read more »
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Representative Brittany Pettersen and Senator Michael Bennet hosted an in-person Town Hall meeting at Salida High School last night, drawing a crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. The high school gymnasium was filled with constituents eager to hear from the two lawmakers on a wide range of issues.
Among the most discussed topics was… Read more »
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Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, just became the 13th voting member of Congress to give birth in office. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, a Republican, was the 12th when she welcomed her first child last year. And under current House rules, neither was able to vote while on leave, recovering from giving birth.
Now, they’re teaming up… Read more »
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Colorado Democrats have been quick to react to an order from the White House Office of Management and Budget temporarily pausing federal funding to “all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.”
Federal financial assistance includes grants and loans, though the order does limit the pause to those… Read more »
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U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, the Colorado Democrat leading the charge in the House of Representatives to allow new parents to vote by proxy, on Monday announced the birth of her second son.
"We are overjoyed to welcome our healthy baby boy, Sam, to our family," Pettersen posted to social media, alongside photos of the newborn and his mother and… Read more »
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U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat representing Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, and her husband, Ian Silverii, welcomed their second child to their family over the weekend.
The new baby boy, Samuel Lee Silverii, was born Saturday in Colorado. Pettersen is recovering at home while she cares for her newborn and her new, larger family.
“We are… Read more »
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This week the US House of Representatives geared up for the beginning of the second Trump administration and voted on key pieces of legislation. But Colorado Representative Brittany Pettersen did not get to weigh in. Why? She’s about to give birth to her second child.
Pettersen, a Democrat serving Colorado’s third Congressional… Read more »
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Brittany Pettersen hasn’t slept well lately, moving around tends to be painful, and the Capitol is roughly 1,600 miles away.
“I’m so grateful not to be waddling my way through the airport,” the Colorado Democrat, now in her third trimester of pregnancy, said last week after announcing that she was no longer able to fly to Washington ahead of… Read more »
