colorado house republicans
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State House GOP office lands on a theme
Republicans are the minority caucus in the Colorado House. It’s a tough gig. In the year of the Trump presidential election victory, the House Republicans lost three seats, swelling the Democratic majority to nine seats. The chamber’s committees are naturally stacked against perennial favorite conservative proposals. Vote tallies are often lopsided; the results just as…
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In battle pitting religious freedom against discrimination, a small surprise victory
Colorado House Republicans pitched a religious liberty bill last Wednesday to the Democratic-controlled State Affairs committee. It was the same kind of bill that has stirred hornets nest-like national protests in other states for fear that religious liberty might translate on the ground as discrimination. Republicans knew the bill, HB 1013, would die in committee,…