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Article: MINNESOTA: Staying Late.
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- May 21, 2003
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The Legislature returned to work for a special session that began yesterday, one day after closing its regular session without passing a handful of appropriation bills needed to make up the next two-year budget.
Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who called the special session, said if a conference committee made up of House and Senate members from both parties doesn't reach a final agreement by tonight, he would ask legislative leaders to enter negotiations aimed at resolving their differences.
The Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-dominated House differ on funding in various areas, including for the environment and public colleges and ...