Minnesota Republicans are not moving bills in Conference Committees.

Minnesota Republicans are not moving bills in Conference Committees.

by Don McDaniel on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 10:41am

“Nobody’s doing anything,” said Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington, the ranking minority member on the Taxes Committee. “They don’t have a target, meaning Speaker [Kurt] Zellers and Senate Majority Leader [Amy] Koch have not given them a target. So that means the House and Senate don’t even agree. They can’t do anything with money until that happens.”

“We haven’t had a serious discussion about anything in our committee,” echoed Rep. Thomas Huntley, DFL-Duluth, the ranking minority member of the Health and Human Services Finance Committee. “There’s been no real effort to move this stuff along. I’m beginning to wonder if they just want to let it go right to the end before they even have a bill.”