Where the hell is the NRA and RMGO?

[buffalobo]

Chris, please name those 3 Senators who killed CC bill and MMDB bills. We need to bury them in mail(snail and E) and phone calls.

[Sharpienads]

Thanks for chiming in, Chris. Sounds like some good advice.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Chris, thank you for stopping by. Keep up the great work!

[palepainter]

Thank you for the links!

[10mm-man]

Chris, glad you stopped in here to give us some valuable info. I hope you become part of this forum and didn't just stop in here to push RMGO. Please keep us abreast of an issues and let us know were we can assist you!

[Singlestack]

THANKs for the info Chris! This helps a LOT.

[SenHolbert]

The three members of the Senate Committee on State, Veteran and Military Affairs WERE:

Senator Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, Chairman
Senator Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood, Vice-Chairman (Term limited, won't be back in 2013)
Senator Bob Bacon, D-Fort Collins (Term limited, won't be back in 2013)

It was completely within the rules, but it WAS frustrating to have 40 Representatives vote YES and then have the bill die at the hands of three Senators.

I voted for term limits way back in 1992, but have since learned the harsh reality of dealing with a legislator who can't run again. With the four-year terms in the State Senate, we lose the accountability of re-election once a member is in his/her second, four-year term. In Colorado, we can serve up to eight consecutive years in each chamber (four terms of two years in the House, two terms of four years in the Senate).

Watch the General Assembly web site for listings of the 2013-14 committee members. That information will populate the web site after the first of the year to correspond with the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for the first day of session, 1/9/2013.

- Chris

[BPTactical]

Thank you for dropping in Chris. It is refreshing to see honest speech from a Pollytickian regarding such a devisive issue.
Thank you for your support to the rights of the citizens of our great state.
Welcome to COAR15.

One thing to be assured of kids: every dollar you don't spend will not go to the fight................

[Great-Kazoo]

Watch the General Assembly web site for listings of the 2013-14 committee members. That information will populate the web site after the first of the year to correspond with the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for the first day of session, 1/9/2013.

Are these committee members not picked by the majority party? if so look for pearlmutter to have a seat on it.

[SenHolbert]

Jim,

US Representative Ed Perlmutter is one of the 435 members of the US House of Representatives, which meets in Washington, DC. There are seven US Representatives elected from Colorado: DeGette (D, CD1); Polis (D, CD2); Tipton (R, CD3); Gardner (R-CD4); Lamborn (R, CD5); Coffman (R, CD6); Perlmutter (D, CD7). There are also 100 members elected to the US Senate, two from each of the 50 participating states. Udall (D) and Bennet (D) are the two US Senators from Colorado. Together, the 435 members of the US House and the 100 members of the US Senate are the 535 members of "Congress," which is a term that is appropriate to the two legislative bodies that meet in Washington, DC.

The Colorado legislature meets in Denver, Colorado. I am one of 65 State Representatives who serve in the Colorado House of Representatives. There are also 35 people elected to the State Senate. Those who are elected from their respective districts then meet in Denver from January through May each year. The committee members listed above were the three majority party members (Democrats) who were appointed by Senate President Brandon Shaffer (D, Longmont) to the State Senate Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs for the 2011 and 2012 sessions of the 68th General Assembly (aka state legislature).

As a side note, the 100 of us who serve in the state legislature are members of the "Colorado General Assembly." While you did not use the term "Congress," people often refer to me/us as members of the "state congress," but there is no such thing. In the US, "Congress" is a federal term. I equate it to calling John Hickenlooper the "President of Colorado" or Barack Obama the "Governor of the United States." While both terms refer to a chief executive within the Executive Branch of government, one refers to a federal office and the other refers to a state office.

Hope this helps.

- Chris