Listen to GOP leaders speech before the shutdown
Late on Thursday, GOP legislative leaders asked Governor Mark Dayton to call a special legislative session to allow them to pass a "lights on" bill that would keep state Government open beyond the start of the new fiscal biennium.
Click "Listen" above to hear the speech by House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch.
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