House Tax bill squeaks by

Posted at 9:29 PM on April 25, 2009 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

The Minnesota House passed a tax bill that increases taxes $1.5 billion by the narrowest of margins. DFL Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia had to orally switch his vote in order for the House to get the needed 68 votes to pass the bill. 18 DFLers joined every Republican to vote against the bill. Here's the roll call:

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Anzelc (Balsam Twp); Atkins (Inver Grove Heights); Bigham (Cottage Grove); Bly (Northfield); Brown (Moscow Twp); Brynaert (Mankato); Carlson (Crystal); Champion (Minneapolis); Clark (Minneapolis); Davnie (Minneapolis); Dill (Crane Lake); Eken (Twin Valley); Falk (Murdock); Faust (Hinckley); Fritz (Faribault); Greiling (Roseville); Hansen (South St. Paul); Hausman (St. Paul); Haws (St. Cloud); Hayden (Minneapolis); Hilstrom (Brooklyn Center); Hilty (Finlayson); Hornstein (Minneapolis); Hortman (Brooklyn Park); Hosch (St. Joseph); Huntley (Duluth); Johnson (St. Paul); Juhnke (Willmar); Kahn (Minneapolis); Kalin (North Branch); Kelliher (Minneapolis); Knuth (New Brighton); Koenen (Clara City); Laine (Columbia Heights); Lenczewski (Bloomington); Liebling (Rochester); Lieder (Crookston); Lillie (North St. Paul); Loeffler (Minneapolis); Mahoney (St. Paul); Mariani (St. Paul); Marquart (Dilworth); Morrow (St. Peter); Mullery (Minneapolis); Murphy, E. (St. Paul); Murphy, M. (Hermantown); Nelson (Brooklyn Park); Newton (Coon Rapids); Norton (Rochester); Olin (Thief River Falls); Paymar (St. Paul); Persell (Bemidji); Peterson (New Hope); Reinert (Duluth); Rukavina (Virginia); Sailer (Park Rapids); Sertich (Chisholm); Simon (St. Louis Park); Slawik (Maplewood); Slocum (Richfield); Solberg (Grand Rapids); Thao (St. Paul); Thissen (Minneapolis); Tillberry (Fridley); Wagenius (Minneapolis); Ward (Brainerd); Welti (Plainview); Winkler (Golden Valley);

Benson (Minnetonka); Bunn (Lake Elmo); Dittrich (Champlin); Doty (Royalton); Gardner (Shoreview); Jackson (Milaca); Kath (Owatonna); Masin (Eagan); Morgan (Burnsville); Obermueller (Eagan); Otremba (Long Prairie); Pelowski (Winona); Poppe (Austin); Rosenthal (Edina); Ruud (Minnetonka); Scalze (Little Canada); Sterner (Rosemount); Swails (Woodbury);

Lesch (St. Paul);

Abeler (Anoka); Anderson, B. (Buffalo Twp); Anderson, P. (Starbuck); Anderson, S. (Plymouth); Beard (Shakopee); Brod (New Prague); Buesgens (Jordan); Cornish (Good Thunder); Davids (Preston); Dean (Dellwood); Demmer (Hayfield); Dettmer (Forest Lake); Doepke (Orono); Downey (Edina); Drazkowski (Wabasha); Eastlund (Isanti); Emmer (Delano); Garofalo (Farmington); Gottwalt (St. Cloud); Gunther (Fairmont); Hackbarth (Cedar); Hamilton (Mountain Lake); Holberg (Lakeville); Hoppe (Chaska); Howes (Walker); Kelly (Red Wing); Kiffmeyer (Big Lake); Kohls (Victoria); Lanning (Moorhead); Loon (Eden Prairie); Mack (Apple Valley); Magnus (Slayton); McFarlane (White Bear Lake); McNamara (Hastings); Murdock (Ottertail); Nornes (Fergus Falls); Peppin (Rogers); Sanders (Blaine); Scott (Andover); Seifert (Marshall); Severson (Sauk Rapids); Shimanski (Silver Lake); Smith (Mound); Torkelson (Nelson Twp); Urdahl (Grove City); Westrom (Elbow Lake); Zellers (Maple Grove);

Comments (1)

Excellent post. Thank you.

Posted by Sharon | April 26, 2009 10:54 AM

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