Budget negotiators thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel...
Posted at 4:48 PM on April 30, 2009
by Tom Scheck
...But they realized it was just GOP Sen. Paul Koering's sportcoat. Ba da bing..
Senator Koering, Yucca Mountain called and wants its coat back... Bu dum chuh!
While Minnesota House members were debating nuclear energy this afternoon, members of the Minnesota Senate got to see radioactivity in full display. Hi Yoooo!
By the way, the House defeated the amendment that would have removed the prohibition on new nuclear power consumption in the state 72 to 60.
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