Senate and House Republicans said today they will push for an interim committee to gauge the impact of regulations as well as taxes and fees imposed by state government on Colorado's economy.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate met with the media to announce a resolution that will be sponsored by the GOP's Rep. Ken Summers, of Lakewood, and Sen. Shawn Mitchell, of Broomfield, that, if adopted and funded by fellow lawmakers, would establish the interim committee. The panel would launch its inquiry after the regular legislative session concludes.

"The concern at the Capitol seems to be, 'How do we make the government's ends meet?' rather than, 'How can we grow Colorado?' " said House Republican chief Mike May, of Parker.

Summers said the panel's mission would be to push for a serious cost-benefit analysis of each additional layer of regulation and taxation in order to determine what it does to the state's economy.

"Let's take a timeout and evaluate...what is the cumulative effect of all these bills," he said.