{"id":1593,"date":"2015-03-22T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/05\/09\/civil-unions-bill-dies-in-colorado-legislature-late-night-chaos-erupts\/"},"modified":"2015-03-22T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T13:47:55","slug":"civil-unions-bill-dies-in-colorado-legislature-late-night-chaoserupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/1593","title":{"rendered":"Civil unions bill dies in Colorado legislature; late-night chaos erupts"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/lynn_bartels\/status\/200089708561301504\n\n\n

Colorado #civilunions<\/a> bill killed along with 30 others in late-night game of political chicken: http:\/\/t.co\/zq0by13L<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dan Petty (@danielpetty) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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North Carolina wasn’t the only state grappling<\/a> with the gay marriage issue tonight.<\/p>\n

KDVR-TV reporter Eli Stokols, Denver Post political reporter Lynn Bartels, and others live-tweeted late tonight as Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, state GOP leaders, and the rest of the Colorado legislature came to an insurmountable impasse on a hotly-contested civil unions bill — along with dozens of other bills:<\/p>\n\n\n

Hickenlooper & McNulty have finished their chat. Not much optimism now about ending stalemate, salvaging #civilunions<\/a>, other bills #COleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ferrandino back on floor, but not much has changed. 75 minutes left before #civilunions<\/a>, everything else is dead. #COleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Boos rain down on @RepMcNulty<\/a> after he tells press "differences won't be resolved tonight." Crowd chanting "shame on you." #COleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stunning. List of bills that will die tonight just handed out. More than 30. #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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House gallery boos McNulty, chants "shame on you!" #civilunions<\/a> #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— patrick malone (@pmalonenm) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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McNulty: "These things happen. It is unfortunate. But the timing is such that we are not able to work through that impasse." #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— John Schroyer (@Johnschroyer) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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"Unfortunately, we just didn't have that Hickenlooper magic at the end," Ferrandino said. #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— John Schroyer (@Johnschroyer) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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The story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A bill to allow same-sex couples to form civil unions died on the calendar late Tuesday, taking down more than 30 other measures with it in a dramatic game of political chicken in which no one would blink.<\/p>\n

When Republican Speaker Frank McNulty acknowledged there was an impasse and abruptly ended his news conference on the House floor, Coloradans watching in the gallery started chanting: “Shame on you! Shame on you!”<\/p>\n

Everyone was kicked out of the gallery after someone yelled, “I hope you (expletive) die!”<\/p>\n

The stunning turn of events on the second-to-last day of the 2012 session had been brewing since Thursday, when a Republican lawmaker voted with Democrats to pass the civil unions bill out of committee.<\/p>\n

Social conservatives who believed the bill would die in the GOP-controlled Judiciary Committee for the second year in a row were enraged and lobbied McNulty and House Majority Leader Amy Stephens to use every procedure to kill Senate Bill 2.<\/p>\n

Progressive Democrat Rep. Jared Polis is on a tear:<\/p>\n\n\n

#fail<\/a> Congrats @RepMcNulty<\/a> 4 creating more dysfunction than DC, & thanx 4 assuring Dems the Speakers Gavel next term @lynn_bartels<\/a> #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gov should call immediate special session for the next few days to work through their backlog of bills and get them all done #coleg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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