House passes transportation bill but still shy of override
Posted at 7:26 PM on February 21, 2008
by Tom Scheck
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The Minnesota House voted to pass a transportation funding bill 89 to 44 one vote shy of the 90 needed to override a gubernatorial veto. Six Republicans crossed party lines to vote for the bill. 2 DFLers voted against it:
DEMOCRATS VOTING NO
John Lesch (St. Paul); Mary Ellen Otremba (Long Prairie)
REPUBLICANS VOTING YES
Jim Abeler (Anoka); Ron Erhardt (Edina); Rod Hamilton (Mountain Lake); Bud Heidgerken (Freeport); Neil Peterson (Bloomington); Kathy Tingelstad (Andover)
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