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...on a 125-3 vote on Friday. The Democratic governor has said he is ready to quickly sign the bill into law. Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers says disaster relief is the Legislature's job. Flash floods wiped out roads and killed zoo animals...
...number for Koch was disconnected and no active phone listing could be found. The pay is drawing scrutiny after Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers urged Democratic Rep. Kerry Gauthier (GAHTH-ee-uhr) of Duluth to resign after being involved...
...governor's office from 1987 to 1991, during the end of Democratic Gov. Rudy Perpich's tenure. Outgoing Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers, smarting from his party's losses, said the DFL won't last long if leaders push moderate new...
...leaders. But the White House said he would veto any bill that would extend tax cuts on income above $250,000.Republican House Speaker John Boehner countered that higher tax rates on upper-income Americans would slow job growth. Boehner argued...
...We can move at the glacial pace or we can move at the NASCAR pace, and we're getting to the NASCAR pace," Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers said in an interview last week.Dayton and top GOP leaders met privately on Friday to begin sketching...
...spending curbs Pawlenty first enacted using his executive powers are expiring.His defenders, including former Republican House Speaker Steve Sviggum, say Pawlenty had to work within the confines of a politically split state government and wanted...
...billion, mostly from new income taxes on the highest earners."We don't believe a shutdown is necessary," Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers said. "The budget we put together is the largest in state's history. We can fund our priorities...
...some rank-and-file lawmakers of both parties. But many others are still collecting checks, including the Republican House speaker."I would like to be treated just like every other state employee," said Republican Carla Nelson of Rochester...
...soon as possible, after it became clear Sunday the bills wouldn't be ready for a Monday special session.Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers says not all the work was finished Monday morning but he expects to end the shutdown this week...
...anything and until we get away from the bipartisan polarization, we're not going to accomplish anything."Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers said Thursday that he expected Dayton's tour to focus more on government jobs than private-sector...