Legislative Chicken

With a war going on, it's almost comforting to report on Minnesota's legislative squabbling.

The lines are drawn: Pawlenty will propose a budget.

The DFL-controlled Senate will push back, stalling the budget process.

Pawlenty will not back down. He'll threaten to use his executive power to cut budgets if the Legislture doesn't finish the job:

Pawlenty: Without budget, agencies must cut

Pressure to close out the legislative session mounted on Monday, as Gov. Tim Pawlenty asked agencies to prepare for immediate, statewide spending cuts and publicly chastised DFL senators after yet another attempted negotiation fizzled.
Agency heads have been asked to pare their budgets by at least 3 percent for the remainder of this fiscal year and the next, in anticipation of a session that may end next Monday without a budget agreement.

More as the sesson winds to an end.

Posted by Mitch at May 11, 2004 07:04 AM