NEW: @melissahortman says #mnleg is beyond the point where all bills can be closed up, written and voted on by midnight.
She says negotiators will work to seal up agreements and she will ask @GovTimWalz for “a brief special session” to process remaining bills if deals sealed.
Still not finished: Health and Human Services, Public Safety, E12, transportation, and bonding.
Some of the completed bills could get votes today.
Only governors can call special sessions but duration dictated by #mnleg, especially minority caucuses due to rules suspensions.
Worth noting, yesterday House Taxes Chair Paul Marquart told reporters that the tax-cut deal would be the same in a special session. (Quote below)
Senate Taxes Chair Carla Nelson said she hoped for Sunday passage (her birthday).
Senate Majority Leader @jeremyrmiller says his caucus doesn’t want a special session #mnleg
House Minority Leader @kdaudt, newly empowered as special session talk commences, says he wants spending bills reined in.
“I am not optimistic about there being a special session, and I think that’s OK.”
“We can pick that work up right away in January of next year.” #mnleg
GOP Senator @jimabeler on status of the HHS bill, which would be the place where long-term care/nursing home money and child care assistance dollars would land:
I don't see that @GovTimWalz's rebate/direct check proposal made it into the bill (point it out if I missed it), but there is a rebate-style giveback with a far lower eligibility cap than Walz recommended and an adjusted dependent care credit among the income tax items.
A distributional analysis over who would see what reductions under the Senate tax bill.
Two main provisions are:
-A lowering of the bottom rate 5.35% to 2.8% (all taxpayers pay that on first segment of income)
-100% exemption of Social Security income. senate.mn/committees/202…