DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugilese announced that she is stepping down from office to spend more time with her two children in Mesa County.

Rose Pugliese sent a lengthy resignation letter discussing her impetus to leave office, saying the "contentious Special Session" was "sad and disappointing" for her, adding that she "had no other choice but to bear witness to the collapse of integrity in the Colorado State House of Representative."

The special session was called after officials said the state was facing a $750 million budget gap, which Democrats said stemmed from HR1, a federal spending bill signed into law July 4 by President Donald Trump.

"The lies and hypocrisies the Majority spewed were beyond what I had ever expected, even in Colorado politics. It has

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