Article: GOP PRESENTS FOUR REDISTRICTING PLANS PLANS TO DRAW BORDERS FOR SEVEN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WILL BE DEBATED TODAY ON HOUSE FLOOR.(Local)

Byline: Michele Ames News Staff Writer

After two days of pleading, threatening and watching the clock tick down, House Republicans advanced four plans to redraw Colorado's congressional districts and add a seventh seat.

The four proposals passed the House State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Thursday and are up for debate on the House floor today. Lawmakers only have 11 working days to reach a compromise before a district court judge draws the lines for them.

``I hope that we don't allow ourselves to be remembered as the legislature that failed to do our job,'' said House Speaker Doug Dean, R-Colorado Springs. ``It is our ...

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