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The Minnesota Legislature's 2009 session ended at three minutes after midnight early Tuesday without a budget deal.   Lawmakers spent the final half hour passing a tax bill that Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to veto.  The tax bill capped a busy day, in which lawmakers debated everything from money to marijuana.  

MPR's partisan political analysts Todd Rapp and Tom Horner look back at the five-month session.

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The Minnesota Legislature's 2009 session ended at three minutes after midnight early Tuesday without a budget deal.   Lawmakers spent the final half hour passing a tax bill that Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to veto.  MPR's partisan political analysts Todd Rapp and Tom Horner look back at the five-month session.

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