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(MN:) Despite calls for bipartisanship, bickering rules the day at Capitol
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| News Date | Thursday, February 3, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | St. Paul, Minn. — (AP) Even in death, Ronald Reagan can't catch a break in Minnesota.
A resolution honoring the former Republican president's birthday caused partisan friction in the state Senate Thursday and passed only after it was retooled to mention the fact he never won Minnesota and tax increases that occurred under his watch.
The Democratic-controlled Senate spent more than 30 minutes debating the Republican-offered resolution, which recognizes Reagan's Feb. 6 birthday. Reagan died in June of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 93.
Minnesota was the only state Reagan lost in 1984. It went for Democrat Walter Mondale, a native son.
Democrats criticized the original resolution as ideologically skewed. It said, among other things, that Reagan "worked in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring accountability and common sense to government which led to an unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans." |
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