Fiscal liposuction to the bonding bill?
Republicans in the Minnesota House are quietly urging Gov. Pawlenty to line-item veto the bonding bill to roughly $250 million dollars. That's a $750 million cut to the bill. 44 of the 47 members of the Legislature signed a letter to the governor requesting the cuts. "It doesn't just need to slim down, it needs fiscal liposuction. We urge you to use your line-item veto and trim this bill down - not just a little bit, by several hundred million dollars..."
Republicans Mark Buesgens and Tom Emmer, who's running for governor, didn't sign the letter because they want the governor to veto the entire bill. They sent a different letter.
Republican Morrie Lanning of Moorhead didn't sign either letter.
MPR has a full story on the issue here.
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