Minnesota Independent » end of session http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Video: Final moments in the Minnesota House http://minnesotaindependent.com/35177/minnesota-house-tax-bill-video http://minnesotaindependent.com/35177/minnesota-house-tax-bill-video#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:11:19 +0000 Chris Steller http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=35177 lege-stillIn the final minutes of the legislative session last night, the Minnesota Legislature took up a tax bill. By a House vote of 82 to 47, the bill prevailed — as did fast-paced parliamentary pugilistics and full-throated…]]> lege-stillIn the final minutes of the legislative session last night, the Minnesota Legislature took up a tax bill. By a House vote of 82 to 47, the bill prevailed — as did fast-paced parliamentary pugilistics and full-throated partisanship.

It passed the state Senate too. If Gov. Pawlenty were to sign it, the revenue raised would close the state’s budget gap.

Here’s a video of the last eight minutes in the Minnesota House, as posted to YouTube by the Minnesota GOP (without apparent editing besides the clip’s given title):

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