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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged John Morse

Colorado Senate votes against House ‘payday payback’ amendment

By | 05.11.11 | 4:39 pm

The Colorado Senate just voted to pass its own version of the annual rules bill and reject the House version sent over this morning with the “payday payback” amendment attached. The vote was cast on party lines except for Durango Republican Senator Ellen Roberts, who voted with the Democrats against the measure, reportedly because she agreed with lawmakers who have said the rules bill is no place to rehash controversial payday loan industry regulations.

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Senate passes final step to Clean Air, Clean Jobs, approves new PUC chair

By | 04.28.11 | 10:53 am

Last session, arguably the most critical piece of environmental legislation passed by Colorado lawmakers was the landmark Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act, which mandated the shuttering of several Front Range coal-fired power plants and conversion of others to natural gas or renewable energy sources. This session, the legislature just completed the final step in implementing the law that was so bitterly opposed by Colorado’s coal industry last year.

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Wisconsin protesters in Denver jeer and jibe across thin blue line

By | 02.22.11 | 9:05 pm

Protests erupted Tuesday as Tea Party and free market activists clashed with union members, politicians and union supporters who had gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to rally against Wisconsin legislation to eliminate collective bargaining for many of that state’s workforce.

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Colorado lawmakers pull Arizona copycat bill from consideration

By | 02.14.11 | 2:33 pm

As protesters rallied on the capitol steps today in opposition to immigration legislation, lawmakers inside the building killed a bill designed as a copycat of a law passed last year in Arizona. Rep. Randy Baumgardner, R-Hot Sulphur Springs, one of the bill’s sponsors, said it was being pulled from consideration because lawmakers did not want to burden the state with having to defend the law in court.

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Colorado teen marijuana case attracts more TV coverage; district says hands are tied

By | 02.10.11 | 1:27 pm

A Colorado Springs school district spokesperson told the Colorado Independent this morning that the district’s hands are tied by state law in terms of how it handles the case of a student with a prescription for medical marijuana.

Morse, Harvey and others debate legacy of Ronald Reagan and pass resolution in his honor

By | 02.07.11 | 3:53 pm

The state senate late last week had some fun debating the legacy of former President Ronald Reagan. Had an amendment by Senate Majority Leader John Morse passed Friday, President Ronald Reagan would have been honored by the Senate not only for his achievements in helping to bring down the communist wall, but also for bringing amnesty to 1.7 million undocumented immigrants, tax increases to the State of California and for closing corporate tax loopholes.

State budget number still up in the air as legislators refuse to compromise

By | 02.04.11 | 2:28 pm

The Senate pulled the plug on the struggling HJR 1007, leaving the General Assembly out of compliance with state law and the Joint Budget Committee with no consensus revenue projection by which to budget.

Budget battle continues between House Republicans and Senate Democrats

By | 02.01.11 | 2:22 pm

The ping pong game on a Colorado House joint resolution that provides direction for state spending continued today as House Republicans rejected amendments made yesterday in the Senate.

Budget bickering moves to Senate, where Morse restores funds cut by GOP

By | 01.31.11 | 3:32 pm

The partisan feud over a largely symbolic budget resolution spilled over into the Senate today, where Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, amended Joint House Resolution 1007 to effectively remove a Republican amendment that lowered revenue expectations by 2.7 percent.

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Partisan power mongering sets the tone in the State House

By | 01.27.11 | 5:56 am

After Democrats were gaveled down earlier this week over amendments to Joint House Resolution 1007 calling for state expectations of revenue to be lowered by an additional 2.75 percent, Senate leadership asked Speaker Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, what programs he would suggest cutting to reach a 2.75 percent reduction in spending for the next fiscal year.

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