Democrats are pulling back bonding bill
DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher announced today that the Legislature will pull back the $1 billion bonding bill rather than send it to Gov. Pawlenty for his veto. During a brief news conference, she said they're using a rarely used rule that allows the bill to be sent back to the Senate. Kelliher has requested the revisor and the chief clerk to send the bill to the Minnesota Senate.
Kelliher said the request came from the House and Senate chairs of the House Capital Investment Committee.
"It will allow for a cooling off period for the next 24 to 48 hours," Kelliher said.
Gov. Pawlenty was certain to veto the bill. He scheduled a 3:30 news conference to announce the veto. We'll post his comments when we can.
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