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Newly-elected Cory Swanson told a joint session of the Legislature to avoid going too far in their judicial reform efforts and encroaching on the co-equal branch of government.

The latest ranking of the most bipartisan lawmakers comes amid one of the least productive Congresses in the nation’s history and just months before nearly all House lawmakers and about one-third of the Senate face voters at the polls in November.

Republican and Democrat legislators largely disagreed on how party make-up in interim committees impact the bills that come out of them during a discussion on the topic.