The situation in Minnesota that's described in the digest sounds disastrous, but how much power does the Speaker have in that state? Does she get to decide what bills get voted on?
The situation in Minnesota that's described in the digest sounds disastrous, but how much power does the Speaker have in that state? Does she get to decide what bills get voted on?
The GOP has said they will use their 1 vote margin to refuse to seat the DFL winner in the race that he won by 14 votes. Their reasoning is 20 absentee ballots are missing and presumed thrown away. These voters were notified of this so itтАЩs already been determined that he wouldтАЩve won based on what these voters have said.
They intend to refuse to seat him, hoping to trigger a special election in a very competitive suburban seat. The DFL is refusing to show up and deny a quorum. The GOP says they will have a quorum bc the vacant seat gives them a majority of held seats, just not all seats. The DFL SoS gets finally ruling on if there is a quorum and hopefully we play hardball.
The situation in Minnesota that's described in the digest sounds disastrous, but how much power does the Speaker have in that state? Does she get to decide what bills get voted on?
The practical implications are minimal. The government was divided before and will be divided afterwards.
As Walz is still Governor, he can veto anything republicans pass with their temporary majority.
The GOP has said they will use their 1 vote margin to refuse to seat the DFL winner in the race that he won by 14 votes. Their reasoning is 20 absentee ballots are missing and presumed thrown away. These voters were notified of this so itтАЩs already been determined that he wouldтАЩve won based on what these voters have said.
They intend to refuse to seat him, hoping to trigger a special election in a very competitive suburban seat. The DFL is refusing to show up and deny a quorum. The GOP says they will have a quorum bc the vacant seat gives them a majority of held seats, just not all seats. The DFL SoS gets finally ruling on if there is a quorum and hopefully we play hardball.