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Lundberg: ‘Absolutely’ it would be ‘messier’ to do away with Joint Budget Committee
State Sen. Kevin Lundberg doesn’t sound very enchanted with plans House Republicans have recently floated to change the way the Legislature writes the state’s annual budget. The Berthoud Republican, a member of the powerful Joint Budget Committee, suggested in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman that the six-member panel – three from each chamber…
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House Republicans float possibility of revamping legislative budget process
House Republican leaders on Wednesday said the GOP caucus wants to “fundamentally change” the way the Legislature puts together the state’s annual budget, potentially by vastly diminishing the role of the powerful Joint Budget Committee and giving all the other committees more say. Cautioning that the caucus he leads isn’t planning to introduce a proposal…
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Transportation funding transfers tricky
“A lot of moving parts” and a “very, very difficult budget to set” were among the descriptions given to the House Transportation & Energy and Senate Transportation committees regarding funding one of the key areas before the Colorado General Assembly. At the Wednesday, Jan. 19, joint committee meeting, Joint Budget Committee members explained recent changes…
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The Hot Sheet – Boulder fearful of Trump, Gov. race ‘free-for-all,’ CO AG pushes back against openness?, a new voice for immigration reform and … MORE!
VOL. 01 NO. 198 | DECEMBER 5, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Start of a new week! We can’t decide whether to hum “Monday, Monday” or “Let it Snow.” Thoughts? Discuss … For political junkies, you could attend a Christmas party this weekend without discussions (speculation) shifting to the 2018 governor’s race or…
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House GOP leadership chosen, Rankin nearly quits JBC
Saying he wanted signs of support from his Republican colleagues before he agreed to continue serving on the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, that’s what state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale received during a party leadership caucus at the state Capitol Thursday, Nov. 10. Rankin, who has been the House GOP member on the JBC for…
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? Spending is the state budget issue for GOP JBC member
A $28.5 billion state budget proposal that calls for cuts to K-12 education, transportation and hospitals to close a projected budget gap of half a billion dollars indicates over spending, not a lack of revenue, according to a Republican member of the Joint Budget Committee. State Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale said, in light of…
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Colorado GOP legislators get behind Trump
With many Republican leaders – including some in Colorado – recently withdrawing their support or renouncing GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after the release of a 2005 video recording of Trump bragging of what some consider sexual abuse of women, the Trump campaign in Colorado on Thursday, Oct. 13, touted newfound support of several Colorado…
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Western Conservative Summit: An offstage scrapbook (photos)
Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute hosted the seventh-annual Western Conservative Summit this weekend at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver and drew national conservative figures to address the event’s approximate 4,000 attendees, including presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, former Alaska Gov. Sara Palin, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, RedState founder Christian conservative pundit Erick…