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The Grand Junction Free Press columnist Jim Spehar writes, "'Pro-life' (but not all lives)."Colorado lawmakers have passed that troublesome state budget after much cussing and discussing. Now on to the more divisive stuff.Like the 33-32 vote in the Colorado House of Representatives earlier this week to eliminate the death penalty. The drama of that close vote, which sends the bill to the Colorado Senate for another round of debate, played out for an extra minute or so. While there were really 32 other deciding votes, all eyes were on Rep. Ed Vigil, D-Fort Garland, until he finally broke the tie as colleagues waited silently.Still unclear is what state senators will do. Only one Republican (that was maverick Don Marostica, not Laura Bradford or Steve King) joined all but six House Democrats in voting for repeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 24, 2009 (boomark / email).