ST. PAUL, MINN. – A nearly $2 billion bonding bill passed after the lengthy debate Wednesday night in the Minnesota House on a vote of 100-34.
The long-delayed bill will help pay for public works, infrastructure, and construction projects around the state. Representative Mary Murphy of Hermantown, a bill co-sponsor says the bill creates more than 20,000 jobs based on the U-S Department of Commerce estimate.
25 Republicans voted with House-majority Democrats to pass the bill. The Republican-led Senate is set to take up the bill Thursday. Senator Michelle Benson cautioned that the House made changes to the bill without previously agreed-upon language.