MN GOP Backs Off Claim That Dayton Proposal "Unconstitutional"
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2011 · News & Politics
A strange bit of Minneosta Republican political theater wilts under constant questioning from Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Rachel Stassen-Berger. Republicans had issued a document claiming Governor Mark Dayton's proposal to get reports from the House and Senate conference committees on the budget was unconstitutional. Stassen-Berger questions first Representative Matt Dean who brings in Representative Doug Wardlow, who is then rescued by Senator Geoff Michel who also can't answer the question. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch then tries to explain why it is unconstitutional but can't give an answer. Finally Representative Matt Dean steps in again and backs off of the "unconstitutional claim but says Gov Dayton's approach "new" and likely to fail.
