Lawmakers have 48 hours left in the session, what’s getting done?

Lawmakers at the state capitol are headed for the finish line. When the clock strikes 12 on Friday night, the 2019 legislative session will end.

Until then, they are working around the clock to either pass last-minute bills or, in some cases, stop them.

Earlier this week, senators were on the floor until 5 a.m. arguing over amendments to several bills.

Some Republicans say they’re doing it to slow down the process, but Democrats say they’ll keep moving forward until the last minute.

Depending on who you ask, it was a successful year. Democratic Rep. Daneya Esgar of Pueblo County said, “I think we had an amazing session and got a lot of things done for Coloradoans.”

Republican Sen. Owen Hill, who represents El Paso County, said the opposite, especially going into the last few days with hundreds of bills still waiting to be heard.

“We have just had a fire hose of bills, and my concern with that, Krystal, is you don’t make good policy when you wait until the last minute,” he told us.

Democrats held the majority, allowing for controversial measures like the National Popular Vote and the Red Flag Law to get passed and signed by the governor.

Some Republicans, like Sen. Paul Lundeen, called the bills government overreach.

He says, “They’ve run any number of Democrat agenda bills at the process without regard to whether or not they needed all the votes or not.”

It all depends on who you ask, Democratic Sen. Pete Lee says most of the bills he passed had bipartisan support, saying that “of the Republicans I’ve worked with, they are very pleased and gratified with bills we have passed together.”

Republican or Democrat, lawmakers only have two days to finish their work at the state capitol.