Around the halls of the Colorado state legislature, it feels a bit like doomsday. There’s a lot of work left to get done before the final gavel
DENVER — Around the halls of the Colorado state legislature, it feels a bit like doomsday. Lawmakers, their staff and lobbyists look a little like zombies given their lack of sleep. The end is near. And yet, there’s a lot of work left to get done before the final gavel.
Between bills, some lawmakers boasted with one another about how little sleep they got and where they were able to sneak in a couple of hours of rest. The filibuster eventually forced Republicans and Democrats to come together to negotiate several big bills. Other bills were killed, like a flavor nicotine ban that Democrats introduced early in the legislative session. Another bill to provide free, healthy lunches for public school students also failed to garner enough votes to pass, as did one to create a grant program for safer neighborhoods.
Over at the Senate, where bills are moving through more quickly, Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, offered their thoughts and prayers to the members of the House for all the work ahead and placed the blame squarely on the House Republicans for the holdup.
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