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How they voted on transportation bill
HOUSE
On an 89-44 vote, the Minnesota House approved a transportation measure that would pay for new construction with tax increases.. Voting yes were 83 Democrats and 6 Republicans. Voting no were 2 Democrats and 42 Republicans.
DEMOCRATS VOTING YES (83)
Anzelc (Balsam Twp); Atkins (Inver Grove Heights); Benson (Minnetonka); Bigham (Cottage Grove); Bly (Northfield); Brown (Austin); Brynaert (Mankato); Bunn (Lake Elmo); Carlson (Crystal); Clark (Minneapolis); Davnie (Minneapolis); Dill (Crane Lake); Dittrich (Champlin); Dominguez (Minneapolis); Doty (Royalton); Eken (Twin Valley); Faust (Mora); Fritz (Faribault); Gardner (Shoreview); Greiling (Roseville);
Hansen (South St. Paul); Hausman (St. Paul); Haws (St. Cloud); Hilstrom (Brooklyn Center); Hilty (Finlayson); Hornstein (Minneapolis); Hortman (Brooklyn Park); Hosch (St. Joseph); Huntley (Duluth); Jaros (Duluth); Johnson (St. Paul); Juhnke (Willmar); Kahn (Minneapolis); Kalin (Lindstrom); Kelliher (Minneapolis); Knuth (New Brighton); Koenen (Clara City); Kranz (Blaine); Laine (Columbia Heights); Lenczewski (Bloomington); Liebling (Rochester); Lieder (Crookston); Lillie (North St. Paul); Loeffler (Minneapolis); Madore (Apple Valley); Mahoney (St. Paul); Mariani (St. Paul); Marquart (Dilworth); Masin (Eagan); Moe (Bemidji); Morgan (Burnsville); Morrow (St. Peter); Mullery (Minneapolis); Murphy, E. (St. Paul); Murphy, M. (Hermantown);
Nelson (Brooklyn Park); Norton (Rochester); Olin (Thief River Falls); Paymar (St. Paul); Pelowski (Winona); Peterson, A. (Appleton); Peterson, S. (New Hope); Poppe (Austin); Rukavina (Virginia); Ruud (Minnetonka); Sailer (Park Rapids); Scalze (Little Canada); Sertich (Chisholm); Simon (St. Louis Park); Slawik (Maplewood); Slocum (Richfield); Solberg (Grand Rapids); Swails (Woodbury); Thao (St. Paul); Thissen (Minneapolis); Tillberry (Fridley); Tschumper (La Crescent); Wagenius (Minneapolis); Walker (Minneapolis); Ward (Brainerd); Welti (Plainview); Winkler (Golden Valley); Wollschlager (Cannon Falls)
DEMOCRATS VOTING NO (2)Lesch (St. Paul); Otremba (Long Prairie)
REPUBLICANS VOTING YES (6)Abeler (Anoka); Erhardt (Edina); Hamilton (Mountain Lake); Heidgerken (Freeport); Peterson, N. (Bloomington); Tingelstad (Andover)
REPUBLICANS VOTING NO (42)Anderson, B. (Buffalo Twp); Anderson, S. (Plymouth); Beard (Shakopee); Berns (Wayzata); Brod (New Prague); Buesgens (Jordan); Cornish (Good Thunder); Dean (Dellwood); DeLaForest (Andover); Demmer (Hayfield); Dettmer (Forest Lake); Drazkowski (Wabasha); Eastlund (Isanti); Emmer (Delano); Erickson (Princeton); Finstad (Comfrey); Garofalo (Farmington); Gottwalt (St. Cloud); Gunther (Fairmont);
Hackbarth (Cedar); Holberg (Lakeville); Hoppe (Chaska); Howes (Walker); Kohls (Victoria); Lanning (Moorhead); Magnus (Slayton); McFarlane (White Bear Lake); McNamara (Hastings); Nornes (Fergus Falls); Olson (Big Lake); Ozment (Rosemount); Paulsen (Eden Prairie); Peppin (Rogers); Seifert (Marshall); Severson (Sauk Rapids); Shimanski (Silver Lake); Simpson (Perham); Smith (Mound); Urdahl (Grove City); Wardlow (Eagan); Westrom (Elbow Lake); Zellers (Maple Grove)
REPUBLICANS NOT VOTINGRuth (Owatonna)
SENATE
Votes Thursday as the Senate, on a 47-20 vote, approved a transportation measure that would pay for new construction with tax increases. Voting yes were 45 Democrats and 2 Republicans. Voting no were 20 Republicans.
DEMOCRATS VOTING YES
Anderson (St. Paul); Bakk (Cook); Berglin (Minneapolis); Betzold (Fridley); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Carlson (Eagan); Chaudhary (Fridley); Clark (St. Cloud); Cohen (St. Paul); Dahle (Northfield); Dibble (Minneapolis); Doll (Burnsville); Erickson Ropes (Winona); Foley (Coon Rapids); Higgins (Minneapolis); Kubly (Granite Falls); Langseth (Glyndon); Larson (Bloomington); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Lynch (Rochester); Marty (Roseville); Metzen (South St. Paul); Moua (St. Paul); Murphy (Red Wing); Olseen (Harris); Olson, M. (Bemidji); Pappas (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Prettner Solon (Duluth); Rest (New Hope); Rummel (White Bear Lake); Saltzman (Woodbury); Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Scheid (Brooklyn Park); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Skoe (Clearbrook); Skogen (Hewitt); Sparks (Austin); Stumpf (Plummer); Tomassoni (Chisholm); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Vickerman (Tracy); Wiger (North St. Paul)
REPUBLICANS VOTING YES
Dille (Dassel); Frederickson (New Ulm)
REPUBLICANS VOTING NO
Day (Owatonna); Fischbach (Paynesville); Gerlach (Apple Valley); Gimse (Willmar); Hann (Eden Prairie); Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Johnson (Ham Lake); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Koering (Fort Ripley); Limmer (Maple Grove); Michel (Edina); Olson, G. (Minnetrista); Ortman (Chanhassen); Pariseau (Farmington); Robling (Jordan); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester); Vandeveer (Forest Lake); Wergin (Princeton)
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Surplus
What happened to the $2 billion plus surplus? SPEND SPEND SPEND. The 10 cent gas is supposed to raise 900 million dollars a year. The $2 … read more billion could have paid for the needs but I guess this state lacks fiscally responsible representatives who spend it as fast as it comes in.
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