Preliminary List of Conferees

This morning on the floor of the Senate, Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-19, Buffalo) named the initial Senate appointees to the respective budget bill conference committees. In the early lists, only four DFLers are sitting on the various spending bill conference...

Impact of Veteran’s Memorial Override

The attempt to override the first of the Governor’s Jesse Ventura (RP-MN) vetos from the last legislative session came in the form of a pro-World War II Veterans issue. The people in support of this group of people sought restoration of the funding for a Veteran’s...

The Final Legislative Agreement 2008

Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis), House Majority Leader Tony Sertich (DFL-05B, Chisholm), Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller (DFL-59, Minneapolis), Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl...

The Final Legislative Agreement

Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis), House Majority Leader Tony Sertich (DFL-05B, Chisholm), Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller (DFL-59, Minneapolis), Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl...

We Do Not Expect a Tax Bill

As we enter into the last two weeks of the legislative session we are getting some indications of what to expect will and will not pass. Today, the House is voting on its tax bill and we doubt there will be an agreement between the House and Senate by the end of the...