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TexasTowelie

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Tue Apr 2, 2019, 02:37 AM Apr 2019

Banned bills? Democrats stage mock hearing to push their proposals

ST. PAUL — What's a state lawmaker to do when he or she can't get a hearing at the Capitol? Well, one path is to invent a committee willing to hear it.

Minnesota Senate Democrats frustrated that their proposals couldn't get a hearing in the Republican-led Senate on Monday, April 1, did just that. And no, it wasn't an April Fools' joke.

About a baker's dozen DFL senators convened the fictitious Senate Committee on Banned Bills. And one by one, they rolled out their wishlist of bills that have had support in the Democrat-led House of Representatives but haven't had a hearing yet in the Senate.

They pitched DFL priority bills that would set up a statewide paid family leave program, restore voting rights to felons after they get out of prison and retain a 2 percent tax on medical providers to fund care for low-income people and the working poor.

Read more: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4593242-banned-bills-democrats-stage-mock-hearing-push-their-proposals

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Banned bills? Democrats stage mock hearing to push their proposals (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP
Need to get rid of republicans everywhere. That should be our message. notdarkyet Apr 2019 #1
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