Some context on the veto override
The Minnesota House is expected to attempt to override Governor Pawlenty's veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill. A study by the U of M's Center for Study of Politics and Governance shows how rare it is to override a governor. Here are the highlights:
-Overriding a governor’s veto is very difficult. 97% of all vetoes have stood.
-A successful override of Governor Pawlenty’s transportation veto would be only the 14th time that the legislature has successfully overridden one of the 447 vetoes by Minnesota governors since 1939.
-Only two governors in the past 70 years have vetoed as many bills as Governor Pawlenty. (Arne Carlson and Jesse Ventura).
One other note: A third of all attempts to override the governor's veto and 69% of all successful overrides occurred during Jesse Ventura's term as governor.
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The House is where the action is. They need 90 votes to get to the magical two thirds needed to override.
The Minnesota Senate is a slam dunk since DFLers have enough votes to override and two Republicans also support the bill.
UPDATE:
There's more info here from the Legislative Reference Library.