Counting the votes

Posted at 10:39 AM on May 15, 2007 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

I got a couple of questions on this so I decided to post a separate entry on the transportation bill.

Here's what we know at this point...

An override is assured in the Senate since GOP Sen. Steve Dille of Dassel says he'll join every DFLer and vote for an override. GOP Senators Dennis Frederickson, Joe Gimse and Michael Jungbauer also voted for the bill. No DFLers voted against the bill. The Senate passed the bill 47 to 17.

The House passed the bill 90 to 43 (the magic number for override is 90).

Two DFLers voted against it. Tom Rukavina and Mary Ellen Otremba voted against it. They say they aren't sure what they'll do on the veto override.

Seven Republicans voted for the bill.
Neil Peterson and Ron Erhardt will override.
Dennis Ozment says he will not override.
Dean Urdahl says he's leaning to not override.
Kathy Tingelstad and Jim Abeler are uncertain.
No word on Bud Heidgerken (I didn't catch him yesterday).

GOP House Minority Leader Marty Seifert is insistent that the bill will not be overridden.

Comments (1)

Isn't it possible that some other Republicans could vote for an override (other than the ones who originally voted for the bill)?
Maybe not, but it seemed like a worthwhile thing to point out.

Posted by John | May 15, 2007 12:43 PM

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