Colorado Legislature passes mini "Cap and Trade" Bill

On Friday, the Colorado State Senate passed House Bill 1001, a bill Colorado Republicans are calling dangerous. Some Republicans even compared the democrat sponsored legislation to the hotly contested "Cap and Trade" bill being debated at the Federal level. Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, described the bill as government overstepping its bounds in subsidizing unproven energy using the backs of hard working Coloradans. 

"I don't want a European society where government will decide what life will look like tomorrow," said Mitchell. "I want a free American traditional society where my choices, your choices--as consumers, as families, as citizens--will determine what society will look like tomorrow."

Republicans believe the bill is going to increase energy costs on people in spite of the current economic recession. House Bill 1001, sponsored by Sens. Bruce Whitehead, D-Hasperus, and Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass, was passed Friday on a party-line vote.

Candy Tax Passes Senate Finance Committee 4-3

The members of the Colorado Senate finance committee discuss the proposed tax increase on candy and soda. Democrats forced the bill through on a partisan 4-3 vote.