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Only five senators vote against Colorado budget

DENVER - The Colorado Senate passed the state budget with a 30-5 vote Thursday, an overwhelming show of bipartisan support for a bill full of small partisan battles. The long bill, House Bill 1405, spends nearly $26 billion, but Colorado's 100 lawmakers only have direct control over $8.69 billion in cash and general funds. Because Colorado's General Assembly is divided - Republicans hold the Senate and Democrats hold the House - the budget was drafted this year by a Joint Budget Committee split evenly between the two parties. Despite that, only five Republicans in the House supported the budget.

 

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