Colorado GOP Kills Civil Union Bill in Party Line Vote
After nearly eight hours of often emotional testimony on legislation to establish civil unions, the House Judiciary Committee took less than a minute to quash the measure on a party-line vote last week, with six Republicans opposing the bill and five Democrats voting in favor.
Hundreds of Coloradans filled the Old Supreme Court Chambers at the state Capitol on March 31 for a marathon hearing that stretched into the night on Senate Bill 172, which passed the Senate a week earlier with the support of three Republicans.