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...size of government and proposing a constitutional amendment. That plan is akin to a proposal from House Minority Leader Tom Pugh, DFL-South St. Paul. He would have the Senate meet every other year and focus on broad issues such as tax and school...
...committees were scheduled to meet, but they can't do much more unless leaders agree on a budget. House Minority Leader Tom Pugh, DFL-South St. Paul, worried that the Legislature was wasting days debating small issues. ''We're burning up...
...usual festivities. They will need to plan their next steps to try to break a budget stalemate. House Minority Leader Tom Pugh, DFL-South St. Paul, compared the session to the sinking of the Titanic and said Republicans were busy trying to...
...added. It earlier was added by an overwhelming vote to an insurance bill that later was withdrawn. House Minority Leader Tom Pugh, DFL-South St. Paul, said legislators in his party hadn't yet decided whether the amendment would be offered to...
Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch, House Democratic Leader Tom Pugh and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe will unveil a proposal for a Patients' Bill of Rights at 10:15 a.m. Monday at the Brainerd-Crow...
...Coleman and House Speaker Steve Sviggum have stopped by. For the DFL, Attorney General Mike Hatch, House Minority Leader Tom Pugh and U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone have appeared on behalf of the incumbents' opponents, Susan Hoosier and Frank Floyd...
...media to hold them accountable if they don't. "I haven't read it this year," acknowledged House Minority Leader Tom Pugh, who is heading the DFL's effort to retake the Minnesota House. "It probably needs its image escalated a bit...
...challenge a moving target," said Rep. Matt Entenza, DFL-St. Paul, alluding to Sviggum's revision of a few assignments after DFLers objected Tuesday. Besides, Minority Leader Tom Pugh conceded, "The prospect of victory is very slim."
...go unchanged. DFL House members are upset because Sviggum, R-Kenyon, made more than 60 changes to Minority Leader Tom Pugh's proposed assignments. "It's not how it's been done before. It's not how it should be done," complained...
...session. Much of it doesn't coincide well with what Ventura is expected to pitch this year, House Minority Leader Tom Pugh acknowledged. "We have no mention of income tax cuts, for instance," said Pugh, DFL-South St. Paul. Ventura...