Politics + Public Policy | Fate of Minnesota’s Infrastructure Bill May Come Down to Former DFLer State Sen. Tom Bakk, a retired carpenter, now leads the Senate’s Capital Investment Committee, which is tasked with writing a bonding bill. MinnPost file photo by Briana Bierschbach
Fate of Minnesota’s Infrastructure Bill May Come Down to Former DFLer Independent state Sen. Tom Bakk and his DFL counterpart in the House, Rep. Fue Lee of Minneapolis, say they want to pass a bonding bill this year. But with two weeks to go in the session, Bakk’s committee has met just twice so far and hasn’t passed any proposals.