Pawlenty pitches Constitutional amendment to cap state general fund budget; DFLers fire back (access required)

by Steve Perry
Published: November 5,2009
Time posted: 5:22 pm
Tags: Minnesota Constitution, Minnesota general fund budget, Tim Pawlenty

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced this morning that he's proposing to amend Minnesota's state Constitution to place restrictions on the biennium-to-biennium growth of general fund spending. Under the terms of the plan outlined by Pawlenty, spending in any two-year budget cycle would be limited to a sum equal to the total revenues collected by the state during ...


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