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May 19, 2005

Result: Vetoed

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Bill raising gas tax hits gubernatorial roadblock (05/19/2005)

Senate floor vote
May 18, 2005 (SF1980)

Senators dared Gov. Tim Pawlenty to make good on his no-new-tax pledge by approving a road-funding bill with a dime-a-gallon gas tax increase. The bill - passed 36-31 - was previously adopted by the House and now goes to Pawlenty. It's the first time since he took office in 2003 that a bill raising a state tax has hit his desk. The Republican governor has said he'll veto it.

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Ellen R. Anderson	DFL	66	FOR
Michele M. Bachmann	Republican	52	AGAINST
Thomas M. Bakk	DFL	06	FOR
William V. Belanger	Republican	40	AGAINST
Linda Berglin	DFL	61	FOR
Don Betzold	DFL	51	FOR
Satveer Chaudhary	DFL	50	FOR
Richard J. Cohen	DFL	64	FOR
Dick Day	Republican	26	AGAINST
D. Scott Dibble	DFL	60	FOR
Steve Dille	Republican	18	AGAINST
Michelle L. Fischbach	Republican	14	AGAINST
Leo T. Foley	DFL	47	FOR
Dennis R. Frederickson	Republican	21	AGAINST
David Gaither	Republican	43	AGAINST
Chris Gerlach	Republican	37	AGAINST
David Hann	Republican	42	AGAINST
Linda Higgins	DFL	58	FOR
John C. Hottinger	DFL	23	FOR
Dean E. Johnson	DFL	13	FOR
Debbie J. Johnson	Republican	49	AGAINST
Michael J. Jungbauer	Republican	48	AGAINST
Steve Kelley	DFL	44	FOR
Bob Kierlin	Republican	31	AGAINST
Sheila M. Kiscaden	DFL	30	FOR
Dave Kleis	Republican	15	AGAINST
Paul E. Koering	Republican	12	AGAINST
Gary W. Kubly	DFL	20	FOR
Keith Langseth	DFL	09	FOR
Cal Larson	Republican	10	AGAINST
Brian LeClair	Republican	56	AGAINST
Warren Limmer	Republican	32	AGAINST
Becky Lourey	DFL	08	FOR
Sharon Marko	DFL	57	FOR
John Marty	DFL	54	FOR
Mike McGinn	Republican	38	AGAINST
James P. Metzen	DFL	39	FOR
Geoff Michel	Republican	41	AGAINST
Mee Moua	DFL	67	FOR
Steve Murphy	DFL	28	FOR
Thomas M. Neuville	Republican	25	AGAINST
Sean R. Nienow	Republican	17	AGAINST
Gen Olson	Republican	33	AGAINST
Julianne E. Ortman	Republican	34	AGAINST
Mark Ourada	Republican	19	AGAINST
Sandra L. Pappas	DFL	65	FOR
Pat Pariseau	Republican	36	AGAINST
Lawrence J. Pogemiller	DFL	59	FOR
Yvonne Prettner Solon	DFL	07	FOR
Jane B. Ranum	DFL	63	FOR
Mady Reiter	Republican	53	AGAINST
Ann H. Rest	DFL	45	FOR
Claire A. Robling	Republican	35	AGAINST
Julie A. Rosen	Republican	24	AGAINST
Carrie L. Ruud	Republican	04	AGAINST
Dallas C. Sams	DFL	11	FOR
Tom Saxhaug	DFL	03	FOR
Linda Scheid	DFL	46	FOR
David H. Senjem	Republican	29	AGAINST
Rod Skoe	DFL	02	FOR
Wesley J. Skoglund	DFL	62	FOR
Dan Sparks	DFL	27	FOR
LeRoy A. Stumpf	DFL	01	FOR
David J. Tomassoni	DFL	05	FOR
Jim Vickerman	DFL	22	FOR
Betsy L. Wergin	Republican	16	AGAINST
Charles W. Wiger	DFL	55	FOR

More from MPR:
Ignoring veto threat, Senate approves dime gas-tax hike (05/18/2005)

House floor vote
May 12, 2005 (HF2461)

The day after the House stunned Republican leaders by adding a gas tax increase to the omnibus transportation bill, the House voted to approve the entire bill despite warnings it will be vetoed by Gov. Pawlenty. The bill passed on a 72-61 vote and will be reconciled with a Senate bill that increases the tax by 7 cents per gallon. The House bill increases the gasoline tax by 10 cents per gallon

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Jim Abeler	Republican	48B	FOR
Ron Abrams	Republican	43B	AGAINST
Irv Anderson	DFL	03A	FOR
Joe Atkins	DFL	39B	FOR
Michael Beard	Republican	35A	AGAINST
Connie Bernardy	DFL	51B	FOR
Greg Blaine	Republican	12B	AGAINST
Fran Bradley	Republican	29B	AGAINST
Laura Brod	Republican	25A	AGAINST
Mark Buesgens	Republican	35B	AGAINST
Lyndon Carlson	DFL	45B	FOR
Mike Charron	Republican	56A	AGAINST
Karen Clark	DFL	61A	FOR
Tony Cornish	Republican	24B	AGAINST
Ray Cox	Republican	25B	FOR
Lloyd Cybart	Republican	37A	AGAINST
Gregory M. Davids	Republican	31B	AGAINST
Jim Davnie	DFL	62A	FOR
Chris DeLaForest	Republican	49A	AGAINST
Matt Dean	Republican	52B	AGAINST
Randy Demmer	Republican	29A	AGAINST
Jerry Dempsey	Republican	28A	AGAINST
David Dill	DFL	06A	FOR
Denise Dittrich	DFL	47A	FOR
Dan Dorman	Republican	27A	AGAINST
John Dorn	DFL	23B	FOR
Rob Eastlund	Republican	17A	AGAINST
Kent Eken	DFL	02A	AGAINST
Keith Ellison	DFL	58B	FOR
Tom Emmer	Republican	19B	AGAINST
Matt Entenza	DFL	64A	FOR
Ron Erhardt	Republican	41A	FOR
Sondra Erickson	Republican	16A	AGAINST
Brad Finstad	Republican	21B	AGAINST
Patti Fritz	DFL	26B	FOR
Pat Garofalo	Republican	36B	FOR
Paul Gazelka	Republican	12A	AGAINST
Barbara Goodwin	DFL	50A	FOR
Mindy Greiling	DFL	54A	FOR
Bob Gunther	Republican	24A	AGAINST
Tom Hackbarth	Republican	48A	AGAINST
Rod Hamilton	Republican	22B	AGAINST
Rick Hansen	DFL	39A	FOR
Alice Hausman	DFL	66B	FOR
Bud Heidgerken	Republican	13A	AGAINST
Debra Hilstrom	DFL	46B	FOR
Bill Hilty	DFL	08A	FOR
Mary Liz Holberg	Republican	36A	AGAINST
Joe Hoppe	Republican	34B	AGAINST
Frank Hornstein	DFL	60B	FOR
Melissa Hortman	DFL	47B	FOR
Larry Hosch	DFL	14B	FOR
Larry Howes	Republican	04B	AGAINST
Thomas Huntley	DFL	07A	FOR
Mike Jaros	DFL	07B	FOR
Jeff Johnson	Republican	43A	AGAINST
Ruth Johnson	DFL	23A	FOR
Sheldon Johnson	DFL	67B	FOR
Al Juhnke	DFL	13B	FOR
Phyllis Kahn	DFL	59B	FOR
Margaret Anderson Kelliher	DFL	60A	FOR
Karen Klinzing	Republican	56B	AGAINST
Jim Knoblach	Republican	15A	AGAINST
Lyle Koenen	DFL	20B	FOR
Paul Kohls	Republican	34A	AGAINST
Philip Krinkie	Republican	53A	AGAINST
Morrie Lanning	Republican	09A	AGAINST
Dan Larson	DFL	63B	FOR
Ron Latz	DFL	44B	FOR
Ann Lenczewski	DFL	40B	FOR
John Lesch	DFL	66A	FOR
Tina Liebling	DFL	30A	FOR
Bernard Lieder	DFL	01B	FOR
Leon Lillie	DFL	55A	FOR
Diane Loeffler	DFL	59A	FOR
Doug Magnus	Republican	22A	AGAINST
Tim Mahoney	DFL	67A	FOR
Carlos Mariani	DFL	65B	FOR
Paul Marquart	DFL	09B	AGAINST
Denny McNamara	Republican	57B	FOR
Doug Meslow	Republican	53B	FOR
Frank Moe	DFL	04A	AGAINST
Joe Mullery	DFL	58A	FOR
Mary Murphy	DFL	06B	FOR
Michael Nelson	DFL	46A	FOR
Peter Nelson	Republican	17B	AGAINST
Scott Newman	Republican	18A	AGAINST
Bud Nornes	Republican	10A	AGAINST
Mark Olson	Republican	16B	AGAINST
Joe Opatz	DFL	15B	FOR
Mary Ellen Otremba	DFL	11B	AGAINST
Dennis Ozment	Republican	37B	FOR
Erik Paulsen	Republican	42B	AGAINST
Michael Paymar	DFL	64B	FOR
Gene Pelowski, Jr.	DFL	31A	FOR
Maxine Penas	Republican	01A	AGAINST
Joyce Peppin	Republican	32A	AGAINST
Aaron Peterson	DFL	20A	FOR
Neil W. Peterson	Republican	41B	FOR
Sandra Peterson	DFL	45A	FOR
Jeanne Poppe	DFL	27B	FOR
Duke Powell	Republican	40A	AGAINST
Tom Rukavina	DFL	05A	FOR
Connie Ruth	Republican	26A	AGAINST
Maria Ruud	DFL	42A	FOR
Brita Sailer	DFL	02B	FOR
Char Samuelson	Republican	50B	FOR
Bev Scalze	DFL	54B	FOR
Marty Seifert	Republican	21A	AGAINST
Anthony Sertich	DFL	05B	FOR
Dan Severson	Republican	14A	AGAINST
Katie Sieben	DFL	57A	FOR
Steve Simon	DFL	44A	FOR
Dean Simpson	Republican	10B	AGAINST
Nora Slawik	DFL	55B	FOR
Steve Smith	Republican	33A	AGAINST
Judy Soderstrom	Republican	08B	AGAINST
Loren Solberg	DFL	03B	FOR
Steve Sviggum	Republican	28B	AGAINST
Barb Sykora	Republican	33B	AGAINST
Cy Thao	DFL	65A	FOR
Paul Thissen	DFL	63A	FOR
Kathy Tingelstad	Republican	49B	FOR
Dean Urdahl	Republican	18B	AGAINST
Ray Vandeveer	Republican	52A	AGAINST
Jean Wagenius	DFL	62B	FOR
Neva Walker	DFL	61B	FOR
Lynn Wardlow	Republican	38B	AGAINST
Andy Welti	DFL	30B	FOR
Andrew Westerberg	Republican	51A	AGAINST
Torrey Westrom	Republican	11A	AGAINST
Tim Wilkin	Republican	38A	AGAINST
Kurt Zellers	Republican	32B	AGAINST

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House bucks Pawlenty, approves budget bill with gas tax boost (05/12/2005)

House amendment adding gas tax
May 11, 2005 (HF2461)

An amendment to the omnibus transportation finance bill add a dime-a-gallon increase in the state's gasoline tax. Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure, which was expected to be removed before the final bill is approved. The amendment passed on a 68-to-66 vote.

Result: Passed

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Jim Abeler	Republican	48B	FOR
Ron Abrams	Republican	43B	AGAINST
Bruce Anderson	Republican	19A	AGAINST
Irv Anderson	DFL	03A	FOR
Joe Atkins	DFL	39B	FOR
Michael Beard	Republican	35A	AGAINST
Connie Bernardy	DFL	51B	FOR
Greg Blaine	Republican	12B	AGAINST
Fran Bradley	Republican	29B	AGAINST
Laura Brod	Republican	25A	AGAINST
Mark Buesgens	Republican	35B	AGAINST
Lyndon Carlson	DFL	45B	FOR
Mike Charron	Republican	56A	AGAINST
Karen Clark	DFL	61A	FOR
Tony Cornish	Republican	24B	AGAINST
Ray Cox	Republican	25B	FOR
Lloyd Cybart	Republican	37A	AGAINST
Gregory M. Davids	Republican	31B	AGAINST
Jim Davnie	DFL	62A	FOR
Chris DeLaForest	Republican	49A	AGAINST
Matt Dean	Republican	52B	AGAINST
Randy Demmer	Republican	29A	AGAINST
Jerry Dempsey	Republican	28A	AGAINST
David Dill	DFL	06A	FOR
Denise Dittrich	DFL	47A	FOR
Dan Dorman	Republican	27A	AGAINST
John Dorn	DFL	23B	FOR
Rob Eastlund	Republican	17A	AGAINST
Kent Eken	DFL	02A	AGAINST
Keith Ellison	DFL	58B	FOR
Tom Emmer	Republican	19B	AGAINST
Matt Entenza	DFL	64A	FOR
Ron Erhardt	Republican	41A	FOR
Sondra Erickson	Republican	16A	AGAINST
Brad Finstad	Republican	21B	AGAINST
Patti Fritz	DFL	26B	FOR
Pat Garofalo	Republican	36B	FOR
Paul Gazelka	Republican	12A	AGAINST
Barbara Goodwin	DFL	50A	FOR
Mindy Greiling	DFL	54A	FOR
Bob Gunther	Republican	24A	AGAINST
Tom Hackbarth	Republican	48A	AGAINST
Rod Hamilton	Republican	22B	AGAINST
Rick Hansen	DFL	39A	FOR
Alice Hausman	DFL	66B	FOR
Bud Heidgerken	Republican	13A	AGAINST
Debra Hilstrom	DFL	46B	FOR
Bill Hilty	DFL	08A	FOR
Mary Liz Holberg	Republican	36A	AGAINST
Joe Hoppe	Republican	34B	AGAINST
Frank Hornstein	DFL	60B	FOR
Melissa Hortman	DFL	47B	FOR
Larry Hosch	DFL	14B	FOR
Larry Howes	Republican	04B	AGAINST
Thomas Huntley	DFL	07A	FOR
Mike Jaros	DFL	07B	FOR
Jeff Johnson	Republican	43A	AGAINST
Ruth Johnson	DFL	23A	FOR
Sheldon Johnson	DFL	67B	FOR
Al Juhnke	DFL	13B	FOR
Phyllis Kahn	DFL	59B	FOR
Margaret Anderson Kelliher	DFL	60A	FOR
Karen Klinzing	Republican	56B	AGAINST
Jim Knoblach	Republican	15A	AGAINST
Lyle Koenen	DFL	20B	AGAINST
Paul Kohls	Republican	34A	AGAINST
Philip Krinkie	Republican	53A	AGAINST
Morrie Lanning	Republican	09A	AGAINST
Dan Larson	DFL	63B	FOR
Ron Latz	DFL	44B	FOR
Ann Lenczewski	DFL	40B	FOR
John Lesch	DFL	66A	FOR
Tina Liebling	DFL	30A	FOR
Bernard Lieder	DFL	01B	FOR
Leon Lillie	DFL	55A	FOR
Diane Loeffler	DFL	59A	FOR
Doug Magnus	Republican	22A	AGAINST
Tim Mahoney	DFL	67A	FOR
Carlos Mariani	DFL	65B	FOR
Paul Marquart	DFL	09B	AGAINST
Denny McNamara	Republican	57B	AGAINST
Doug Meslow	Republican	53B	AGAINST
Frank Moe	DFL	04A	AGAINST
Joe Mullery	DFL	58A	FOR
Mary Murphy	DFL	06B	FOR
Michael Nelson	DFL	46A	FOR
Peter Nelson	Republican	17B	AGAINST
Scott Newman	Republican	18A	AGAINST
Bud Nornes	Republican	10A	AGAINST
Mark Olson	Republican	16B	AGAINST
Joe Opatz	DFL	15B	FOR
Mary Ellen Otremba	DFL	11B	AGAINST
Dennis Ozment	Republican	37B	AGAINST
Erik Paulsen	Republican	42B	AGAINST
Michael Paymar	DFL	64B	FOR
Gene Pelowski, Jr.	DFL	31A	FOR
Maxine Penas	Republican	01A	AGAINST
Joyce Peppin	Republican	32A	AGAINST
Aaron Peterson	DFL	20A	FOR
Neil W. Peterson	Republican	41B	FOR
Sandra Peterson	DFL	45A	FOR
Jeanne Poppe	DFL	27B	FOR
Duke Powell	Republican	40A	AGAINST
Tom Rukavina	DFL	05A	FOR
Connie Ruth	Republican	26A	AGAINST
Maria Ruud	DFL	42A	FOR
Brita Sailer	DFL	02B	FOR
Char Samuelson	Republican	50B	FOR
Bev Scalze	DFL	54B	FOR
Marty Seifert	Republican	21A	AGAINST
Anthony Sertich	DFL	05B	FOR
Dan Severson	Republican	14A	AGAINST
Katie Sieben	DFL	57A	FOR
Steve Simon	DFL	44A	FOR
Dean Simpson	Republican	10B	AGAINST
Nora Slawik	DFL	55B	FOR
Steve Smith	Republican	33A	AGAINST
Judy Soderstrom	Republican	08B	AGAINST
Loren Solberg	DFL	03B	FOR
Steve Sviggum	Republican	28B	AGAINST
Barb Sykora	Republican	33B	AGAINST
Cy Thao	DFL	65A	FOR
Paul Thissen	DFL	63A	FOR
Kathy Tingelstad	Republican	49B	FOR
Dean Urdahl	Republican	18B	AGAINST
Ray Vandeveer	Republican	52A	AGAINST
Jean Wagenius	DFL	62B	FOR
Neva Walker	DFL	61B	FOR
Lynn Wardlow	Republican	38B	AGAINST
Andy Welti	DFL	30B	FOR
Andrew Westerberg	Republican	51A	AGAINST
Torrey Westrom	Republican	11A	AGAINST
Tim Wilkin	Republican	38A	AGAINST
Kurt Zellers	Republican	32B	AGAINST

More from MPR:
GOP moderates defy Pawlenty on gas tax (05/11/2005)

Senate Taxes Committee vote on transportation
May 10, 2005 (SF1980)

To fund highway and road improvements, SF 1980 proposes a 7 cent per gallon gax tax hike among its funding provisions.

Result: No Action

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Thomas M. Bakk	DFL	06	FOR
William V. Belanger	Republican	40	FOR
Don Betzold	DFL	51	AGAINST
Debbie J. Johnson	Republican	49	FOR
Warren Limmer	Republican	32	AGAINST
John Marty	DFL	54	AGAINST
Mike McGinn	Republican	38	FOR
Mee Moua	DFL	67	AGAINST
Julianne E. Ortman	Republican	34	FOR
Lawrence J. Pogemiller	DFL	59	AGAINST
Rod Skoe	DFL	02	FOR
David J. Tomassoni	DFL	05	FOR

Gas tax House amendment
April 21, 2005 (HF2461)

The House Transportation Committee, on a divided voice vote, approved a spending bill that could put $6.3 billion into road and transit projects over the next decade. The committee, also on a split vote, stripped a provision that would have let citizens decide in a statewide referendum whether to raise the gas tax. The vote wouldn't occur until 2006. The vote represents the vote on the amendment on the gasoline tax vote only.

Result: Rejected

Legislator	Party	District	Vote
Ron Abrams	Republican	43B	AGAINST
Ron Erhardt	Republican	41A	AGAINST
Alice Hausman	DFL	66B	FOR
Mary Liz Holberg	Republican	36A	AGAINST
Frank Hornstein	DFL	60B	FOR
Dan Larson	DFL	63B	FOR
Doug Magnus	Republican	22A	AGAINST