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OR A FAMILY MEMBER IS SET.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD
REQUIRE MOST MINNEAPOLIS
BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE 48 HOURS
A YEAR OF PAID SICK LEAVE.
FOUR DAYS REMAINING TO PASS
BILLS, STATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS
TODAY UNVEILED A MASSIVE PUBLIC
WORKS BILL THAT SPENT $800
MILLION ON HUNDREDS OF
PROJECTS.
A LARGE SHARE OF THE MONEY
WOULD GO TO ROAD AND BRIDGES.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY
GOES TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND
WATER QUALITY PROJECTS.
DEMOCRATS COMPLAINED THAT THE
BILL FAVORS NEW REPUBLICAN
PROJECTS AND DOES NOT SPEND
ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
STATE PROPERTIES.
CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE
DOES NOT STOP CRUMBLING BECAUSE
WE'RE PRETENDING IT IS NOT THERE.
AS A STATE WE NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF RECOGNIZING THAT
NEED, PLANNING AHEAD FOR THAT
NEED, AND NOT EXPECTING THAT
THE BONDING BILL IS GOING TO
COME RIDING IN ON A WHITE HORSE
AND SAVE ALL OF US.
SENATE DEMOCRATS AND THE
GOVERNOR HAVE PROPOSED A PUBLIC
WORKS BILL MORE THAN TWICE THE
SIZE OF THE REPUBLICAN PLAN TO
THE FINAL DETAILS WILL BE
NEGOTIATED BY TOP LEADERS.
THE BILL IS ONE OF SEVERAL
MAJOR BILLS THAT ARE STALLED
AND HOLDING AT THE END OF THE
2016 SESSION.
PAT KESSLER IS BUSY.
WHY DID THE REPUBLICANS
INTRODUCE A MASSIVE SPENDING
BILL WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT
TO TALK ABOUT IT?
Reporter: IT IS A LITTLE
UNUSUAL BUT IT IS ABOUT
LEVERAGE, ABOUT PRESSURE AND
ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
PRETTY QUICKLY.
SOMETIMES THEY ACT.
THERE IS A SONG OUT THERE
CALLED ABOUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
BASE, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES,
AND IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BASE,
THE REPUBLICAN BASE, LITERALLY,
CONSERVATIVES, BACK HOME THIS
ELECTION YEAR WHO WANT TO SEE
THE REPUBLICANS AT THE CAPITAL
BEING MORE CONSERVATIVE,
CUTTING BACK ON SPENDING,
LIMITING GOVERNMENT THAT IS
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS I
LIKE YOU TOOK OUR PROJECTS OUT
AND YOU PUT YOUR PROJECTS IN?
ART ROADS ROADS REGARDLESS OF YOUR AFFILIATION?
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU
LIVE, I GUESS.
DEMOCRATS LIVE IN SOME
DISTRICTS AND REPUBLICANS IN
THE OTHER AND THIS IS TRUE BUT
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
HERE IS THE CATCH.
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO VOTE FOR THIS
BILL AND REPUBLICANS CANNOT DO
IT ON THEIR OWN AND IF THERE IS
NOTHING FOR THE DEMOCRATS THAT
THEY LIKE, THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO HELP AND THERE WILL NOT BE
ONE OF THESE BILLS.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT THAT TELEVISION
SCREEN AND YOU HAVE HAD THREE
MONTHS TO DO THIS.
WHY ARE YOU WAITING?
IS THIS KIND OF CHAOS NORMAL?
IS IT HEALTHY?
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS
SITUATION NORMAL.
NOTHING HAS REALLY HAPPENED FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND
IT IS A SHORT SESSION.
THEY HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS
LEFT AND THEY ARE PUSHING
REALLY HARD TO SQUEEZE
EVERYTHING INTO THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK,
THERE IS A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY DURING THIS
ELECTION YEAR THAT THEY WILL
NOT GET EVERYTHING DONE.
TODAY THE DEMOCRAT SAID THAT
THEY ARE WILLING TO WALK AWAY
WITHOUT A TRANSPORTATION BILL
AND THEN ALL OF THE DOMINOES
FALL AND I THINK IT'S PAST.
WE KNOW THAT SUNDAY LIQUOR
SALES DID NOT PASS.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BRINK NOW?
THERE IS -- THERE WAS A BIG
MOVE ON THE BILL THAT WE CALL
THE PRINCE BILL, THAT WOULD
COPYRIGHT IMAGES OF FAMOUS
PEOPLE LIKE PRINCE.
SO THAT HE COULD SUE IF
SOMEBODY USED IT.
THAT BILL APPEARS TO BE DEAD
FOR THIS SESSION FAMILY LEAVE,
THAT IS ANOTHER VERY BIG BILL,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT
NOT GO ANYWHERE AND ANOTHER
BILL IN TROUBLE TO WATCH FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, MONEY
FOR THE NEW SOCCER STADIUM
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA UNITED