The Colorado Independent reports that six of Colorado’s seven representatives in Washington, D.C., signed onto a letter last week asking Congress to suspend the state’s obligation to pay back more than $100 million dollars in transportation funds, a sum that amounts to roughly 25 percent of the federal stimulus money received by the Colorado Department of Transportation for highways this year.

Although Republican Mike Coffman of the 6th Congressional District signed on to the letter, he later joined fellow Republican Doug Lamborn of the 5th District in a vote against the matter.

The state’s five Democratic representatives voted in favor of a three-month extension of the Transportation Equity Act.

Read the entire article at The Colorado Independent.