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that balanced the budget with significant cuts to social and infrastructure services, rather than raising any taxes. They described their budget as a compromise with the DFL after the state's revenue forecast was revised upward, as it called for $ 34 billion in state spending increased from $ 32 billion. Dayton claimed that the impasse was the doing of "extreme right-wing" freshman
Republican legislators whom he did not talk to, and that he had cordial relationships with Republican leaders. In a statement at the end of the session on May 23, Dayton said "Here I am in the middle — and they haven't moved". Republicans, including Koch and other legislative leaders, consistently insisted they would not accept a budget of over $ 34 billion, citing polls suggesting public opinion was on their side. During the session, the Republican Party held a rally calling for tax cuts at the State Capitol on May 7. Protesters supporting Dayton's tax increases and opposed to the Republicans, many from public employee unions, gathered at the capitol multiple times, including at the end of the session.
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facing a backlog of unfinished work and new problems in many agencies. After the budget was passed, Dayton said he approached
Republicans again after meeting with ordinary citizens—who said they wanted government services to resume and did not care how the shutdown was ended—and because he feared a worse budget deal and unease in the DFL legislative minorities. Zellers said when the deal was finalized that in his view it was "a deal that we can all be disappointed in, but a deal that is done, a budget that was balanced". His sentiments that a 'balanced' budget needed to be passed, and that both sides had something to be unhappy about, were echoed by Koch.
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stated that the
Republican leadership included anti-abortion provisions, a voter ID requirement, and a ban on stem cell research during the budget negotiations. Both the Republican legislative leaders and Dayton (along with DFL legislative leaders) toured Minnesota to make their case to Minnesotans. The government shutdown ended after Governor Dayton announced on July 14 that he would accept the last Republican offer before the shutdown, albeit with certain conditions.
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80 percent of state government spending continued. The eventual budget agreement started to form after
Governor Dayton announced on July 14 that he would "reluctantly" pass the last proposal of the Republican legislative leadership before the shutdown, but with conditions. The shutdown was disruptive to the government and some Minnesotans, but its ultimate economic impact was minimal. Politically, it could have influenced the Republican electoral defeat in the
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minor changes. As the end of June approached, Koch urged the governor to call a session to pass a temporary 'lights-on' bill while a final deal was reached, but he refused to answer this proposal on the grounds that extending the budget's deadline would not serve the goal of reaching a final agreement. Since the budget impasse had not ended by the end of June 30, the shutdown began at midnight of June 30–July 1, 2011.
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shutdown continued or returned to work during the shutdown. Laid-off employees were immediately eligible for unemployment benefits, and continued to receive health insurance, costing the state millions a week. (However, Minnesota
Unemployment Insurance has a waiting week, so laid off workers were only eligible to collect unemployment for two weeks.)
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Republican legislators during the shutdown. Zellers claimed having "balanced the budget without a tax increase" during the shutdown was his signature accomplishment as speaker, but he was criticised by Republican rivals and DFL leaders alike
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At that time the shutdown began, all state government spending and operations not considered to be critical stopped. Suspended state services included driving tests, childcare assistance, senior and disability linkage lines, criminal background checks, and road construction. State government offices,
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deadline on June 30. The
Republican caucuses and their leaders demanded bigger spending cuts, and for the budget shortfall to be met without tax increases, while Dayton demanded some tax increases. The shutdown started at midnight on July 1, and ended after a budget bill was passed and signed on July
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Republican offer called for an approximately $ 35 billion budget and no tax increases, and relied on delaying the payment of some K-12 school aid and issuing bonds against future tobacco revenue to cover the remaining gap. It differed from the previous Republican proposals in several provisions,
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authored a continuing appropriations bill that would prevent government shutdowns in the event of disagreements between the governor and legislature, as she had done in several past sessions. The House commissioned a policy brief from its research department, published in
December 2011, that looked
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Republican legislative leadership, Dayton called a special session of the legislature on July 19. The legislature met on July 20 and passed the budget bills, which were signed the same day by the governor. Most state employees returned to work on July 21,
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of the legislature to further address the budget during May or June, claiming that the lack of agreement between him and Zellers and Koch would make it unproductive to do so. He remained in contact with legislative leaders, sticking by the $ 35.8 billion budget he proposed late in the session, with
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As negotiations went on during the legislative session, Dayton suggested compromise budget frameworks ultimately reducing his proposed budget to $ 35.8 billion, but insisted that he would go no further and that Republicans were not amenable enough to compromise. The legislature passed budget bills
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poll, Minnesotans blamed the Republican legislature more for the shutdown. Overall, 42% said Republicans in the legislature were more responsible, 21% said the DFL governor was more responsible, and 22% volunteered an answer that they were equally to blame. As expected, partisans blamed the other
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For the first two weeks of the shutdown, there was little progress and neither the governor nor the Republican leaders made proposals accepted by the other side. On July 4, Republican lawmakers affirmed their commitment to not agree to a budget of over $ 34 billion. Documents leaked after June 30
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Since Minnesota had divided governments for decades before 2010, a number of past budgets had brought the state close to a shutdown, and there had been one shutdown before in state history. After Governor Pawlenty and the Republican-majority House could not agree on a budget with the DFL-majority
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During the shutdown all less important parts of the state government, that were not identified as critical services before the shutdown or in several court cases, suspended their operations. Most state government services were identified as critical or otherwise allowed to continue, so as much as
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reported that cigarette sales would come to a halt by mid-August if no more tax stamps were issued. The state also stopped issuing liquor purchasing cards, which businesses need in order to purchase liquor from wholesalers. Many stores, bars, and restaurants renewed their liquor purchasing cards
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During the shutdown, some 19,000 state employees were laid off. State and federal government employees in Minnesota lost approximately $ 65 million in wages over the course of the shutdown. Because of court rulings, some of the 36,000 state employees who received layoff notices leading up to the
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District Court when the shutdown began, asking for the court to clarify whether some programs could continue. Judges Kathleen Gearin and Bruce W. Christopherson issued their rulings on July 7, finding that some programs could start again, including criminal background checks, public schools, and
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Governor Dayton formally proposed a state budget on February 15, calling for $ 37 billion in state spending, necessitating cuts of about 10 percent to most state agencies. Because the state was projected to take in only about $ 32 billion in taxes, the rest of the budget shortfall was covered by
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In total, about $ 48 million in revenue was lost, and over $ 10 million was spent on expenses related to preparing for and recovering from the shutdown. Overall, the shutdown disrupted the state government's activities, the lives of some Minnesotans (especially the most vulnerable), and private
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cuts, and restoring funding to the Department of Human Rights and the Trade Office. Dayton's conditions were that measures on social issues such as abortion be dropped from the budget, 15 percent reductions to state employees in all agencies be dropped, and a $ 500 million infrastructure
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While public schools remained open during the shutdown, and teachers continued to be paid following Gearin's ruling, the shutdown interfered with their operations, and would have caused serious problems if it had continued. Teachers could not renew or receive new licenses during the shutdown,
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before the shutdown. However, the purchasing cards for approximately three hundred establishments expired on the first day of the shutdown, July 1. Liquor purchasing cards would have continued to expire on the first day of each month. Alcohol brand licenses expired, so
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During the first days of the shutdown, many programs requested that their funding continue, especially social service organizations that relied on state funding. To hear their pleas, the courts appointed retired State Supreme Court judge
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creating a backlog, and property tax levy approvals could have been delayed. No fishing, hunting, and boating licenses or new drivers' licenses were issued during the shutdown. Taxes continued to be due, but tax refunds stopped.
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did not sell tickets during the shutdown, which meant the state could have lost about $ 1.25 million in revenue daily. Minnesota stopped selling tax stamps for cigarettes, which must be affixed to each pack before sale. The
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local government aid. Gearin complained that the governor and legislature should have been responsible for making decisions about which services could stay open. Gearin had previously heard a case from the
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After winning control of the state legislature, the DFL passed a $ 38 billion budget containing the tax hikes on the wealthy that Dayton had wanted in 2011. The shutdown still was a political issue in the
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By the day after the regular session ended, Dayton had vetoed all of the budget bills passed by the legislature, and said in a statement that he anticipated a shutdown would occur. Dayton did not call a
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increases to income and property taxes for wealthier Minnesotans, as he had promised during his campaign. Meanwhile, Republican legislators, led by House Speaker
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and had more anti-government positions than the Republican establishment. Both Dayton and Republican legislators claimed a popular mandate for their positions.
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with 44% of the vote. Many of the newly elected Republican legislators were affiliated with the
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810:"Like a bad New Year's Eve party, legislative session's last day was a big dud"
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1440:"GOP pressed for abortion, stem cell research bans during budget negotiations"
1222:"With restrooms closed by shutdown, problems pile up at Minnesota state parks"
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1655:"Minnesota Government Reopens After Shutdown, State Employees Return To Work"
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Dayton signing the budget legislation that ended the shutdown on July 20
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1881:"GOP governor candidate Kurt Zellers touts Minnesota's balanced budget"
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for the shutdown and for the means by which the budget was balanced.
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744:"Minnesota Governor Proposes Tax Increase for Wealthiest Residents"
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941:"What's open, what's closed: your guide to the state shutdown"
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909:"Conservatives rally for tax cuts at state Capitol"
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571:"Shutdown in Minnesota: A sign of things to come?"
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1507:"Minnesota's Government Shutdown Comes To An End"
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651:Kaszuba, Mike; Helgeson, Baird (July 28, 2011).
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1541:"Deal Is Made for Ending Shutdown in Minnesota"
1348:"Shutdown in Minnesota Ripples Out to Day Care"
317:Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
1195:"Shutdown Puts Beer Sales on Ice in Minnesota"
742:Fitzsimmons, Emma Graves (February 15, 2011).
605:"FAQ on Minnesota's state government shutdown"
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1819:"Minnesota Democrats dominate Election Day"
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685:"Minnesota's government shutdown ends"
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1572:Helgeson, Baird (July 14, 2011).
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1160:Roper, Eric (July 12, 2011).
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772:Dayton, Mark (July 1, 2011).
200:Preceding budget negotiations
50:Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
2015:List of federal funding gaps
1848:Nord, James (May 21, 2013).
1686:Grow, Doug (July 25, 2011).
1379:Roper, Eric (July 5, 2011).
1098:Luhby, Tami (July 7, 2011).
907:Divine, Mary (May 7, 2011).
842:Nord, James (May 24, 2011).
534:Roper, Eric (July 4, 2011).
462:Minnesota Marriage Amendment
268:Minnesota Historical Society
124:(DFL), Speaker of the House
1409:"Dayton offer goes nowhere"
1253:Beno, Leah (July 6, 2011).
808:Grow, Doug (May 24, 2011).
374:Science Museum of Minnesota
362:Gooseberry Falls State Park
225:and Senate Majority Leader
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