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Minnesota House Republicans went to work today on their pledge to give back to taxpayers a majority of the state’s nearly $1.9 billion budget surplus.
Republicans praised the Israeli Prime Minister's address while Democrats were critical.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation Monday put price tags on projects in Gov. Dayton's roads and bridges proposal. Dayton wants a gas tax increase, opposed by Republicans.
Legislation introduced today in the Minnesota House and Senate would create a new nonpartisan state government office to analyze financial matters.
He says the speech has become a "partisan spectacle." Fellow Minnesota Democrats Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum also plan to boycott the Israeli Prime Minister's address.
The top Democrat in the Minnesota Senate says he wants to hold back a big chunk of the budget surplus as protection against a pending tax lawsuit against the state.
Conservative opposition and the fight over Homeland Security funding appear to have put the bill to replace the No Child Left Behind law on ice for now.