An effort to override the governor’s veto of the tax bill was defeated 85-49 by the House on Sunday. Ninety votes are needed for an override.
Demonstrators rallied Sunday at the Capitol to urge an override.
This was the DFL’s effort to bolster its position to stave off more program cuts by adding $1 billion in taxes to the revenue mix needed to solve the state’s $4.6 billion deficit.
The vote came after an unsuccessful effort to restore $381 million to health and human services programming that the governor line-itemed out of the omnibus health and human services finance law.
The constitutional deadline for the Legislature to complete its work is midnight Monday. At that time, the budget for the 2010-2011 biennium would need to be completed. If no agreement is reached, the governor has said he would not call a special session, and would begin the process of unallotment to bring the budget into balance, as mandated by the state constitution.
Sponsored by Rep. Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington) and Sen. Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook), HF885 was vetoed by the governor May 8. The bill was an attempt to save cuts to schools, hospitals and nursing homes by creating a new tax bracket for the state’s top earners, increasing alcohol taxes and adding a surtax on income made by credit card companies charging excessive interest rates.
The governor and the Legislature have been at loggerheads as to how to fill a nearly $3 billion funding gap to support programming for the 2010-2011 biennium. The governor’s stand has been no new taxes, but to rely on cuts, shifts and use of appropriation bonds. The Legislature has said that appropriation bonds would be “borrowing against the future,” and even with shifts, an increase in taxes would be necessary to stave off devastating cuts.
Offers and counteroffers have ensued, and the governor has said there would be no special session to solve the budget dilemma. He has signed the major finance bills, although some received line-item vetoes. He has said he is prepared to unallot spending proposals if no compromise is reached.
Reprinted from Session Daily, the online publication of the Minnesota House.
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An effort to override the governor’s veto of the tax bill was defeated 85-49 by the House on Sunday. Ninety votes are needed for an override.
Demonstrators rallied Sunday at the Capitol to urge an override.
This was the DFL’s effort to bolster its position to stave off more program cuts by adding $1 billion in taxes to the revenue mix needed to solve the state’s $4.6 billion deficit.
The vote came after an unsuccessful effort to restore $381 million to health and human services programming that the governor line-itemed out of the omnibus health and human services finance law.
The constitutional deadline for the Legislature to complete its work is midnight Monday. At that time, the budget for the 2010-2011 biennium would need to be completed. If no agreement is reached, the governor has said he would not call a special session, and would begin the process of unallotment to bring the budget into balance, as mandated by the state constitution.
Sponsored by Rep. Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington) and Sen. Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook), HF885 was vetoed by the governor May 8. The bill was an attempt to save cuts to schools, hospitals and nursing homes by creating a new tax bracket for the state’s top earners, increasing alcohol taxes and adding a surtax on income made by credit card companies charging excessive interest rates.
The governor and the Legislature have been at loggerheads as to how to fill a nearly $3 billion funding gap to support programming for the 2010-2011 biennium. The governor’s stand has been no new taxes, but to rely on cuts, shifts and use of appropriation bonds. The Legislature has said that appropriation bonds would be “borrowing against the future,” and even with shifts, an increase in taxes would be necessary to stave off devastating cuts.
Offers and counteroffers have ensued, and the governor has said there would be no special session to solve the budget dilemma. He has signed the major finance bills, although some received line-item vetoes. He has said he is prepared to unallot spending proposals if no compromise is reached.
Reprinted from Session Daily, the online publication of the Minnesota House.