Republican Party Response to Dayton Budget

Massive Dayton Tax Hikes Will Destroy Jobs St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today issued the following statements regarding Governor Mark Dayton’s budget proposal. “With his deeply irresponsible budget...

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...

DFL House Spin on the Tax Bill

The DFL House Media and Research brought forward a 1999 Mini Session Wrap-Up for their members to take home to prepare for explaining this legislative session from the DFL perspective. Topics contained in the booklet run the gamut from Agriculture to Transportation....

By the Numbers

Now that the deal is done and firm targets are in place the Conference Committees can stop going through the motions of meeting for the sake of meeting. They have exhausted many hours going over policy concerns and non-controversial items while waiting for an accurate...

One-Half Percent Solution

The reception to the One-Half Percent Solution on Income Tax reduction seems to be no solution. The public positioning being taken by the House Republican Caucus is that we have made the sacrifices and given up the most. Playing the martyr has been a political...