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House Democrats are circulating a measure denouncing political violence ahead of an expected Friday vote on a resolution honoring the late conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. The Democratic resolution, which is being led by Reps. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) and was obtained by POLITICO, lists over a half-dozen recent violent incidents committed… Read more »

A bipartisan trio of House lawmakers want the National Science Foundation to help make artificial intelligence more accessible to students, re-upping legislation aimed at expanding AI and STEM opportunities in higher education. Reps. Vince Fong, R-Calif., and Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., reintroduced their NSF AI Education Act on Tuesday, adding Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., as a… Read more »

A new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to address the nation’s housing crisis. Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO) announced on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that he has helped introduce the bipartisan Saving the American Dream Act. “Homeownership is a vital part of achieving the American Dream,” said Congressman Alford. “More families should be able to own a home so they… Read more »

This week, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) introduced H.R. 5351, the National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Education Act of 2025 (NSF AI Education Act), a bold and strategic bill designed to strengthen America’s leadership in artificial intelligence by addressing critical gaps in education, research, and workforce development. Joining him in this important legislative effort… Read more »

Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen has introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the victims of last week’s Evergreen High School shooting. All members of the Colorado delegation are cosponsors of the bill. Sen. Michael Bennet introduced his chamber’s version of the resolution with Sen. John Hickenlooper. Pettersen thanked her colleagues for signing onto the resolution to “condemn these… Read more »

The bipartisan bill would tear down barriers between federal agencies to allow collaboration in the development of policies and programs that advance housing and homeownership. In a significant move to address the growing housing affordability crisis, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Saving the American Dream Act,pdf legislation designed to enhance federal coordination… Read more »

The House Republican and Democratic chairs of the Congressional Real Estate Caucus will today release a new proposal, shared first with Semafor, to make housing more affordable. The legislation from Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., Lou Correa, D-Calif., Tracey Mann, R-Kan., and Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., would ask the Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and Treasury… Read more »

Colorado policymakers are divided on how to respond in the wake of last week’s school shooting that left one dead and two hospitalized. “Our kids, our teachers, and our communities continue to pay the price for failed policy and inaction. This was preventable,” said U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado. “How many lives do we need to lose before we are willing to say enough? Our kids… Read more »

Reps. Jeff Hurd, Brittany Pettersen introduce bills as possible government shutdown looms. Major changes are coming to health insurance in Colorado over the next two years, but members of the state’s delegation in Congress are pitching bills that would dampen the impacts of those disruptions to health care. H.R. 1, known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” will reduce the number of people… Read more »

The divisions in American politics are usually obvious, often nowhere more than in the House of Representatives. But there are also glimmers of bipartisanship, and, lately, many of those have been driven by women.  At the start of this year, Reps. Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat, and Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican, united forces to challenge House leadership with a push to make… Read more »