Long-simmering frustrations among Colorado lawmakers erupted into public view in a chaotic ending to the 2023 legislative session Monday, as major legislation died and Democrats vented frustrations with their Republican colleagues and with each other.
Amabile told the group that they had passed “really meaningful legislation” and that the House had learned from mistakes of previous years. Her sentiment is shared by others in the caucus, who point to Democrats’ successes on abortion and gun violence — like raising the age limit to purchase firearms, limits on ghost guns and strengthening the state’s red-flag law — as landmark wins this year.
On Tuesday, McCluskie told the Denver Post that her job was to support every member of the Democratic caucus and that she needed to work on that goal in the coming months. “This process is truly designed to take the voices from all corners of the state, meld them into one room and come out with the answers,” Minority Leader Mike Lynch, the top Republican in the House, said Tuesday. “Rather, whether you agree with them or not those voices should at least be heard. We feel that that didn’t happen much this session.”
Asked about those comments and the threats faced by Democratic lawmakers, Republicans on Tuesday said they, too, had faced threats and said that Democrats needed to toughen up. Rep. Ty Winter, a Trinidad Republican, said threats faced by Democrats were disgusting but that the respect they wanted was a two-way street.
The land-use bill had been introduced in March but languished until the last day of the session as Democratic majorities sought to reconcile significant differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The bill’s fate hung over much of the day, and it would later die after Senate Democrats couldn’t come to an agreement on various upzoning provisions.
State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer speaks in the Senate chambers in the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on May 7, 2023. Republican state representatives leave the Capitol without voting in protest after Democrats shut down debate on SB23-303 on May 8, 2023.
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