House passes transportation bill but still shy of override

Posted at 7:26 PM on February 21, 2008 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)

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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Comments (3)

Why the heck would Lesch vote against it?

Posted by Bill Lindeke | February 22, 2008 12:02 AM

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He would not comment after the vote so we don't know. Speaker Kelliher did pull him aside after the vote to talk to him.

Posted by Tom Scheck | February 22, 2008 7:34 AM

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Why the heck would Otremba vote against it? Oh, that's right, Otremba is a pathetic Republican in DFL clothing.

Posted by DINO Exposer | February 22, 2008 8:32 AM

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