(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
![Majority Leader Tom Bakk patted Sen Richard Cohen on the knee as the Senate debated his bill with Bakk's amendment that would delay raises for Governor Dayton's commissioners. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thursday, February 12, 2015](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/XH3EZUG6LTH6P453NYKAC2HQOM.jpg?&w=1080)
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![Majority Leader Tom Bakk rubbed his chin as he spoke with Sen Rod Skoe while the Senate debated the bill with Bakk's amendment that would delay raises for Governor Dayton's commissioners. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thursday, February 12, 2015](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/TYDQGUIUY2YN2MEHHKJ66VDBXU.jpg?&w=1080)
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![Majority Leader Tom Bakk tapped his fingers on his chair as the Senated voted on the bill with Bakk's amendment that would delay raises for Governor Dayton's commissioners. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thursday, February 12, 2015](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/E4UYF5RKNVATERYLOAGVQS5PCU.jpg?&w=1080)
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Dispute over commissioner raises gets personal
Early in the day the Senate passed a Tom Bakk amended bill that would delay Governor Dayton's raises for commissioners until July 1. Governor Dayton responded with a news conference during which he said Bakk "stabbed him in the back" connives" said "I learned a brutal lesson" and felt "blindsided."
February 12, 2015 at 11:58PM
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