DFL legislative leaders responded to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of a budget bill with a letter of their own. In it, Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller and House Majority Leader Margaret Anderson Kelliher say they had hoped that governor would "put aside your rigid ideology and political concerns and address the state's pressing fiscal issues."
Pawlenty vetoed the budget proposal opposing a provision that would have raised income tax rates on wealthier Minnesotans.
In the DFL leaders letter, they go on to ask the governor to "provide leadership" and put forward his own plan to solve the state's $3 billion budget deficit entirely with cuts. Lawmakers say they are not willing to support delaying $1.7 billion in payments to K-12 schools unless there is a way to pay it back.
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