A bipartisan compromise to solve Colorado's perennial tug of war between the ballooning education budget and strict state spending caps ran into trouble [0] Tuesday, when a Democratic add-on to an unrelated bill left GOP leaders saying the deal was off, reports Jessica Fender.

House Speaker Andrew Romanoff said, "We've been working very diligently and quietly . . . to try to corral enough votes to pass this thing. We're still working on that," and characterized arguments from the other side of the aisle as election-year politics.

The Republican leadership said it will be impossible for Romanoff to sway members of their team.