Senate to attempt GAMC override on Thursday
DFL Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller told me yesterday that the Minnesota Senate will attempt to override Gov. Pawlenty's veto of a bill that extends General Assistance Medical Care for another 16 months on Thursday. His chief of staff just confirmed it to me again today (11am Thursday).
It looks like House DFLers will wait until next week at the earliest on an override attempt, according to DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher:
"I hear the Senate is going to do something on Thursday. We meet on Thursday as well but it's probably unlikely that we would do that on Thursday. Our next meeting date is Monday."
DFLers have a veto proof majority in the Senate so the big question is whether an override will be successful in the Minnesota House. House Democrats are three members short of the votes needed to override a veto.
The House passed the initial bill 125-9 but House Republicans say they'll stick together and uphold Pawlenty's veto
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