We all need a timeout: Senate goes home without confirming more Walz commissioners
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Senate ended the special session Wednesday without confirming any more of Gov. Tim Walz s commissioners, bringing a sudden end to 18 straight months of legislating and heated political rhetoric at the state Capitol.
Democrats moved to adjourn the session amid frustrations over the Republican-led Senate s treatment of former Pollution Control Commissioner Laura Bishop, who resigned Tuesday rather than be fired by the Senate.
Senate goes home without confirming more Walz commissioners
The Minnesota Senate suddenly ended its special session without confirming any more of Governor Tim Walz s commissioners.
Commissioner Laura Bishop had pushed for Clean Car Rules that angered Republicans Posted
David Colburn
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Clean Car Rules may have survived a threatened budget freeze from Senate Republicans, but GOP leaders made it clear that the agency’s commissioner, Laura Bishop, won’t be around to see them implemented.
Bishop is out, resigning on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka informed Gov. Tim Walz that her appointment to the position, made in January 2019, would not be confirmed, even though the confirmation hearing itself had not yet taken place.
The special legislative session called to finalize the state’s budget for the next biennium was expected to end last Friday. However, Senate Republicans voted to remain in session and scheduled confirmation hearings for numerous Walz appointees, including Bishop. The move drew a quick rebuke from Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent, DFL-Woodbury.
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