March 23, 2015 09:23 AM UTC

Get More Smarter on Monday (March 23)

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• by: Colorado Pols

Today is the nicest day of the work week weatherwise, so play hooky if you can! For the rest of us, it’s time to Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols. If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).

TOP OF MIND TODAY…

► Ted Cruz is running for President.

► Colorado had the third-highest voter turnout in America in 2014, which means we are doing something right–unless you don’t want everybody to vote.

► Republicans in Congress have a nightmare of a week ahead. From the FOX News report we cited over the weekend:

Next week could very well break the U.S. House of Representatives.

Or, if things go well, the House Republican majority could score two of its biggest legislative victories in quite a while, demonstrating it can govern.

The stakes are high as the GOP plans to debate and approve a budget. It’s a two-step in which Republicans slash spending but maneuver parliamentarily to bolster defense programs, satisfying both fiscal conservatives and budget hawks.

Or, the effort could blow up in the Republicans’ face.

Get even more smarter after the jump…

SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF STANDING NEAR A WATER COOLER…

► The GOP-controlled Colorado Senate is set to approve Sen. Laura Waters Woods’ legislation today repealing a key Colorado civil rights law protecting employees at small businesses from discrimination.

► The felony DUI bill is still rolling, but is subject to change.

► Bipartisan support for a full audit of Connect For Health Colorado–but not for gratuitously punishing Colorado’s overall successful health insurance exchange.

► Do you have a right to record police? Rep. Joe Salazar’s House Bill 15-1290 says you do.

► Construction defects–like it or not, you’re going to be talking about this at some point if you haven’t already. Lobbyists will make sure of that.

► BLM tightens disclosure rules on fracking on federal land.

OTHER LINKS YOU SHOULD CLICK

► Pueblo Chemical Depot is finally destroying all those chemical weapons we don’t need.
► Lindsey Vonn is pretty awesome.

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