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Pawlenty ready to veto, resume talks

Posted at 12:16 PM on May 16, 2010 by Tim Pugmire
Filed under: MN Legislature, Tim Pawlenty

Gov.Pawlenty is poised to veto the budget bill House and Senate DFLers passed early this morning after negotiations on an end-of-session agreement broke down.

Pawlenty's deputy chief of staff, Brian McClung, released this statement:

Gov. Pawlenty will veto this last-minute DFL budget bill. The bill makes the state's long-term budget deficit worse, not better, increases health care spending at a time we should be reining it in, and is devoid of meaningful government reform. In addition, the vote on the bill was highly partisan, which reflects lack of agreement. There's still time to pass a bill that could be signed into law. We're hopeful the DFL will do so. Legislative leaders have requested a meeting with the Governor at 3:00 pm today and we look forward to talking with them at that time.
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