Most Republicans - 179 in all - opposed the final package, an outcome that would have once been unthinkable in the GOP-led chamber. But it was the second vote in recent weeks to pass with a majority of Democratic votes.
A majority of Republicans also supported a failed amendment that would have offset a large chunk of the spending with other budget cuts.
The Denver Post will probably proclaim the Great Bipartisan Victory that this bill is, while ignoring the hateful hypocrisy of Colorado's small-minded, survivalist Republicans who represent their constituents all too well.
