Raft of Roll Call Votes in the House

Historically, votes on bills in legislative committees were mostly procedural. In the past, bills for inclusion in the Omnibus bills from the respective committees were not thought of as major points of contention, nor given much issue of note, but such is not the...

Legislature Sends Shot Across the Governor’s Bow

Yesterday, Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN ) contacted Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis) on the House floor and encouraged her to suspend the debate on the education finance bill in the spirit moving the global budget negotiations...

Legislature Sends Shot Across the Governor’s Bow

Yesterday, Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) contacted Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-60A, Minneapolis) on the House floor and encouraged her to suspend the debate on the Education Finance Bill in the spirit moving the global budget negotiations...