The special session

The Minnesota legislature adjourned this session without addressing many of its major bonding and policy initiatives. Now the DFL and the Republicans seem to be at loggerheads over what bills would be on the table should they go into a special session. Senate DFLers claim that the Governor and Republican leaders are holding a special session hostage to the single issue of same-sex marriage. Republicans say Democrats want to dredge up proposals that have already been rejected rather than focus on items both sides can agree on. Neither side has given up, yet, but they also haven't found a way to resolve their differences.