Lawmakers call plan to raise sales tax for roads a hard sell

Democratic Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, left with Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran, second from left, and Republican Senate President Kevin Granthamm second from right, and Republican Sen. Randy Baumgartner, right, discuss a bipartisan transportation funding bill at the state Capitol in Denver on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Their bill would ask voters to approve a state sales tax hike and $3.5 million in bonds to fund roads and other transit needs over the next 20 years.