Bennet, O’Dea spar on issues in final Colorado Senate debate
State Sen. Kevin Lundberg, D-Durango, left, listens as state Sen. Angela Giron-Kelley, R-Grand Junction, and state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Larimer, speak during the final day of the Colorado Springs Senate debate, at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, November 18, 2018. They were debating whether to amend Senate Bill 141, which has passed through the state Senate but not the state House, to require a voter approval of a tax hike to fund the state’s new Medicaid expansion. (Steve Cannizzaro, The Denver Post)
State Sen. Kevin Lundberg, D-Durango, left, listens as state Sen. Angela Giron-Kelley, R-Grand Junction, and state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Larimer, speak during the final day of the Colorado Springs Senate debate, at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, November 18, 2018. They were debating whether to amend Senate Bill 141, which has passed through the state Senate but not the state House, to require a voter approval of a tax hike to fund the state’s new Medicaid expansion. (Steve Cannizzaro, The Denver Post)
State Sen. Angela Giron-Kelley (R-Grand Junction) said her bill to require voter approval to raise sales tax to fund a new Medicaid expansion is not aimed at trying to shut out voters.
“We are talking about voting, about what’s important to voters,” Giron-Kelley said. “How do we make sure there are adequate resources in the state system?”
GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum, left, and his father Jeff Burgum, right, listen during the final day of the Colorado Springs Senate debate, at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, November 18, 2018. They were debating whether to amend Senate Bill 141,