The former best-known barkeeper in Denver s LoDo said $481 million in the federal stimulus money had reached 1,762 Colorado food and drink businesses from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that Democrats included in the American Rescue Plan.
Hickenlooper and other Democrats are making the rounds to talk up the economic recovery led by President Joe Biden, as the party faces tough challenges to retain control of Congress in next year s mid-term election. Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado s senior senator, was a guest for an extended segment of the MSNBC show Morning Joe talking up the stimulus on Monday.
Hickenlooper visited a solar farm east of Aurora with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to talk up the Democrats relief money for renewable energy two weeks ago.
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