When it comes to quantity, Colorado’s 2007 General Assembly set at least one record for recent years: The House and Senate saw the highest proportion of introduced bills signed into law for the past 10 years.
Almost 70 percent…
A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
Remember the days of ambling up to school on your bike to see the final grades posted on the front door with all the grandeur of Martin Luther’s…
Lois Tochtrop can keep her title. The Democratic senator from Thornton was crowned Queen of the Co-Sponsors after our midterm report card, and she ended the session as the primary co-sponsor of 29 House bills, more than any other…
A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
The 2007 state legislative session ran exactly 115 days yet four lawmakers only saw fit to introduce a grand total of six bills amongst them and co-sponsored exactly…
As part of our final legislative report card series, Colorado Confidential asks: Which Democrats had the most success getting their bills passed this session?
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A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
The legislative success of a minority party member can be attributed to equal measures of personal charisma, strategic alliance-building, political moderation, and good old-fashioned hard work.
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A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
Call it the freshmen curse but nearly half of the current crop of new House lawmakers didn’t fare so well in our end-of-year legislative scorecard.
But…
A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
If there was ever a straw poll on the likelihood of socially conservative bills becoming law during the 2007 legislative session, Colorado Confidential has the goods in its…
A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
How effective is your state representative at getting bills through the legislature and signed by the governor? As part of our end-of-session report card for lawmakers, Colorado…
A team report by Kerri Rebresh, Sandra Fish and Wendy Norris.
How effective is your state senator at getting bills through the legislature and signed by the governor? As part of our end-of-session report card for lawmakers, Colorado…
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