After the deal was announced, both he and Republican leaders looked somber.
"No one's going to be happy with this, which is the essence of real compromise," Dayton said. "I think the people of Minnesota won today."
"This is an agreement that is, I think, difficult for both sides," Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch said.
The deal is contingent on approval by the Legislature, no easy task after an election in which a more conservative Republican caucus took power. But Koch said she believed rank-and-file legislators would approve it."
Sorry I am so late getting to the party. When I read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about something important like a shortage of hotdish. I could pile on and cite all of the reasons that things are the way they are but I'm not going to contribute to the pointless back and forth concerning political parties, nothing productive will come of it.
Thank God this thread is only about a state Gubment that's all screwed up instead... I can't imagine a living in a world where there was a shortage of hotdish in Minnesota!
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
otisptoadwater wrote: Sorry I am so late getting to the party. When I read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about something important like a shortage of hotdish. I could pile on and cite all of the reasons that things are the way they are but I'm not going to contribute to the pointless back and forth concerning political parties, nothing productive will come of it.
Thank God this thread is only about a state Gubment that's all screwed up instead... I can't imagine a living in a world where there was a shortage of hotdish in Minnesota!
The republicans definitely won this round and they had to come out acting like they were disappointed as there is still a vote on it, but they are very happy that the Governor accepted the Republicans terms!
The meeting began after the governor sent a letter Thursday morning to House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, saying he "reluctantly" agrees to accept the Republican budget proposal from June 30 if it will end the government shutdown .
“Despite my serious reservations about your plan, I have concluded that continuing the state government shutdown would be even more destructive for too many Minnesotans,” Dayton wrote in the letter. “Therefore, I am willing to agree to something I do not agree with – your proposal – in order to spare our citizens and our state from further damage.”
Minn. governor, GOP reach deal to end shutdown Raises $1.4 billion in revenue, and Republicans drop 15 percent cut in state workforce
The two sides agreed on a proposal that would raise $1.4 billion in new revenue, half by delaying state aid checks to school districts and the other half by selling tobacco payment bonds.
Dayton's concession was contingent on Republicans dropping a list of policy changes and a plan to cut the state workforce by 15 percent.
Minn. governor, GOP reach deal to end shutdown Raises $1.4 billion in revenue, and Republicans drop 15 percent cut in state workforce
The two sides agreed on a proposal that would raise $1.4 billion in new revenue, half by delaying state aid checks to school districts and the other half by selling tobacco payment bonds.
Dayton's concession was contingent on Republicans dropping a list of policy changes and a plan to cut the state workforce by 15 percent.
Minn. governor, GOP reach deal to end shutdown Raises $1.4 billion in revenue, and Republicans drop 15 percent cut in state workforce
The two sides agreed on a proposal that would raise $1.4 billion in new revenue, half by delaying state aid checks to school districts and the other half by selling tobacco payment bonds.
Dayton's concession was contingent on Republicans dropping a list of policy changes and a plan to cut the state workforce by 15 percent.
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