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The Daily Digest:5-2-07

Posted at 10:17 AM on May 2, 2007 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)
Filed under: Daily Digest

The legislative press corps looked at each other at 6 pm on Tuesday night and proclaimed "Wha Happened?" It was one of those days that the news kept on coming. So let's start with the basics. There are 19 days left in the session. Governor Pawlenty has signed 27 bills into law and has vetoed two. He vetoed the entire bonding bill on Tuesday. AP, the Star Tribune, the Pi Press, KARE 11, Forum Communications and the Rochester Post Bulletin have stories.

Gov. Pawlenty will be on Almanac At the Capitol this evening. He was on MPR's Midmorning show on Tuesday.

The House and Senate passed the Ag and Vets budget bill and it may be signed into law.

The Minnesota Senate passed a bill allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to sick patients. MPR, the strib, the pi press, AP, ECM and Forum Communications have stories.

Mike Hatch quits. MPR, the Star Tribune, the Pi Press, AP and Forum Communications have stories.

Hatch and his boss, Attorney General Lori Swanson did not answer questions. Swanson released a two sentence statement praising Hatch. Here's the text from Hatch's resignation letter.

The Star Tribune details someof the highlights of Mike Hatch's career.

Some legislators discuss JOBZ's usefulness.

Pawlenty to speak in Nisswa on Memorial Day.

Congress

GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar are split on the Iraq war vote.

The Rush Line Corridor gets some good news in Washington.

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle testifies on farm bill. Klobuchar is mentioned.

Coleman wants to withhold payments for doctors who don't pay their taxes.

Tainted feed may have been used at farms that feed people. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.

Corn demand puts the squeeze on CRP. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.

2008

Al Franken and Mike Ciresi are on the hunt for DFL delegates.

Ciresi is also entangled (as an attorney) in the Carlson family dispute.

The NRSC is having trouble raising money. Coleman isn't mentioned in the story but he reads it with great interest.

Other

Former House Minority Leader Matt Entenza is interested in the St. Paul school board slot.

Blog Watch

Powerline has a GOP Presidential Candidate forum created on their page.

MN Campaign Report wants to know how many times Pawlenty uses his veto pen.

Comments (1)

As a former citizen of Minnesota, I wish to offer this opinion . Norm Coleman needs to go. Anyone who could support a failed president's position calling this quagmire in Iraq a 'War' is a nut. And compounding this by acting as if removing our troops from this meat grinder is 'not supporting' them is nuttier. Now, I know that if America deployed troops to Mars there would be people who would consider any questioning of this 'policy' to be rude, uncalled for and treasonous, but facts are facts...Just because that fellow in the White House says Iraq is important to US security doesn't mean it is so...I remember what was said about Vietnam, and that was , well, a lie as well. It's time for Norm Coleman to go. Thanks...

Posted by Daniel Wargo | May 2, 2007 11:46 AM

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