Tom Emmer

The Week at the Capitol (04/25/08)

Mary Lahammer breaks down all this week's Capitol action in a handy three-minute summary.

Gov Gathers with GOP

04/25/08
Gov. Pawlenty hosted some House Republicans and staffers at the governor's mansion last night. They were in the middle of another late night marathon session and got an invite from the big guy. Deputy Minority Leader Tom Emmer gave us the scoop. He said "it was mostly about meatballs and shrimp." Emmer didn't fess up to much policy coming up; he said the governor "conveyed hang in there."
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The Legislative Week in Review (04/18/08)

Legislative Leaders met with the governor to talk budget ... and the proposed Northwest-Delta merger made waves too. Get the latest from Mary Lahammer.

Emmer v. Speaker

04/01/08
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher got even with Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano). Today in the Strib, Emmer had a commentary about the gas tax that takes effect today, April Fools' Day. He wrote "clearly the joke is on us."
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35W Bridge Compensation Fund (03/19/08)

Sen. Ron Latz and Rep. Tom Emmer join Mary live in the House Gallery to talk about competing 35W Bridge victim compensation plans.

Session Tension

02/11/08
We got a glimpse into the tone of the session today with an unusually combative press corps aggressively questioning Democratic leaders in their pre-session press conference. I think the press was annoyed by the lack of details. Essentially, Dems set up the pecking order for the top bills: environmental constitutional amendment, transportation, bonding/jobs bill (yes, suddenly the bonding bill has been renamed the jobs bill).
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