May 18, 2001

Ventura criticizes as Legislature works feverishly with little results in the last days

Laura McCallum - Reporter, Jesse Ventura - Speaker, Steve Sviggum - Interviewee, Roger Moe - Interviewee, Kevin Goodno - Interviewee

LISTEN:Ventura criticizes as Legislature works feverishly with little results in the last days
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MPR’s Laura McCallum reports that another day of budget negotiations passed at the Capitol with no deal. Legislative leaders have been meeting on and off with aides to Governor Ventura to try to break a logjam over major tax and spending issues. With less than four days left until Monday's adjournment deadline, a special session seems inevitable, and there's plenty of finger-pointing going on.

Ventura is disappointed in the little results the legislators produced over the past five months.

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