Colorado Democrats change House rules, making it harder to stall bill debates

Colorado House Democrats are changing legislative rules to try to tamp down on a delay tactic the minority party uses to slow down the work of the chamber. They want to ensure that when a lawmaker requests a bill be read at length – a stalling tactic that can eat up hours, or even days, depending on the length of the legislation – that lawmaker has to stay to listen to every word of it.

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