MN House Speaker Happy With Session So Far

Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher said she's very pleased with the results of this legislative session so far. Kelliher said lawmakers have approved more in the first weeks of the session than many other legislative sessions have approved with all the time allotted. Kelliher said lawmakers have approved the Legacy Constitutional Amendment, bills for Tax Confmity and Transportation, and approval of the bonding bill. Kelliher admitted the override of Governor Pawlenty's veto of the Transportation Package would result in the fourth highest gas tax in the nation but insisted that state roads and bridges need the money.