40 members of MN House max out per diem during session
Posted at 6:00 AM on June 8, 2011
by Tom Scheck
Filed under: MN Legislature, Mark Dayton
40 members of the Minnesota House have taken, $10,780 in daily expenses during the 2011 legislative session. That's the most House members could take in expenses.
23 Democrats and 17 Republicans took $77 a day for the 140 days that the Legislature was in session (including Saturdays and Sundays).
Per diem is an optional benefit for lawmakers. It is in addition to their annual salary of $31,141. The House spent a total of $1,223,878 on per diem payments during the 2011 legislative session.
Democrats taking the maximum amount of per diem:
David Dill, Crane Lake
Kent Eken, Twin Valley
Patti Fritz, Faribault
Lynn Carlson, Crystal
Bobby Jo Champion, Minneapolis
Karen Clark, Minneapolis
Andrew Falk, Murdock
Mindy Greiling, Roseville
Rick Hanson, South St. Paul
Alice Hausman, St. Paul
Jeffrey Hayden, Minneapolis
Bill Hilty, Finlayson
Tom Huntley, Duluth
Lyle Koenen, Clara City
John Lesch, St. Paul
Tim Mahoney, St. Paul
Carlos Mariani, St. Paul
Joe Mullery, Minneapolis
Mary Murphy, St. Paul
Gene Pelowski, Winona
Jeanne Poppe, Austin
Tom Rukavina, Virginia
Jean Wagenius, Minneapolis
Republicans taking the maximum amount of per diem:
Jim Abeler, Anoka
Tony Cornish, Good Thunder
Greg Davids, Prescott
Bob Dettmer, Forest Lake
Pat Garofalo, Farmington
Bob Gunther, Fairmont
Tom Hackbarth, Cedar
Mary Liz Holberg, Lakeville
Larry Howes, Walker
Joe Hoppe, Chaska
Tim Kelly, Red Wing
Morrie Lanning, Moorhead
Mark Murdock, Ottertail
Bud Nornes, Fergus Falls
Duane Quam, Rochester
Steve Smith, Mound
Kurt Zellers, Maple Grove
Democrats taking no per diem:
Tina Liebling, Rochester
Steve Simon, St. Louis Park
Republicans taking no per diem:
None
Here's the per diem report from the MN House
Crystal Reports - PerDiemRank 6-3-11
Update: I incorrectly reported that Erin Murphy maxed out her per diem in an earlier post when, in fact, it was Mary Murphy. My apologies.
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