(CNN) -- As Colorado's legislators met Monday in extraordinary session to consider bills that were not brought to the floor last week, House Democratic Leader Mark Ferrandino bemoaned the assignment of a civil-unions bill to a "kill committee" as a harbinger of its likely defeat. "Sad to see Speaker during his Speaker's Session assign #civil unions to State Affairs, his kill committee, again thwarting democracy," said Ferrandino in a tweet that referred to House Speaker Frank McNulty and the State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, which has nine members, five of them Republicans. None of the Republicans has expressed support for the bill, he said.
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Civil unions bill assigned to "kill committee," House Democratic leader says
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Water projects are among dozens of other bills that were not brought to a vote last week
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Governor says passage of civil unions bill "depends on Frank" McNulty, speaker
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