January 24, 2008 08:32 PM UTC

House Votes to Censure Bruce; Lundberg Dissents

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• by: Colorado Pols

From the Rocky Mountain News:

The Colorado House voted 62-1 today to censure Rep. Douglas Bruce for kicking a Rocky photographer on the House floor last week.

Bruce stood on the side of the chamber, not in the well as could have been required, as the censure was read aloud this morning.

The censure rebuked him for violating the House decorum and “ordinary standards of decency,” by using physical force against Javier Manzano as the photographer crouched before the standing Bruce during the ceremonial morning prayer.

It was the first censure in the 131-year history of the Colorado legislature,

“We need to lead by example,” said Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, co-chair of the committee that recommended censure.

“Violence can not be tolerated in this house.”…

…Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud was the lone vote against censure; rules barred Bruce from voting.