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DFL counter offer

Posted at 10:26 PM on May 16, 2009 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)


Here's the counter offer from the DFL legislative leaders. I rewrote the sheet they gave out but added some context from follow-up interviews with DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and DFL Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller:

Legislative Offer
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:30PM

Close remaining $2.7 billion gap (after line-item vetoes)

K-12 shift (temporary cut to districs) - $1,775M
Reduce local aids, credits and other tax expenditure items and $14M tax compliance - 120M
Efficiency reductions in State Government (ldrs say it will resemble MAPE proposal) - $169M
Permanent Revenue (unspecified. Leaders say they're willing to work with Gov. Pawlenty on this) - $986M
Additional spending reductions in signed budget bills - $52M
Restore HHS line-item veto (GAMC) - (363)M


Comments (2)

$5 worth of pulltabs says that "permanent revenue" is code for gambling monies.

Posted by bob | May 16, 2009 11:00 PM


If Pawlenty cracks, his political career is 100% over. He barely survived "Health Impact Fee" fiasco last time. Gambling might build a Vikings stadium, but that's not the issue now.

Posted by R-Five | May 16, 2009 11:06 PM


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