Democrats boycott first day of Minnesota House session but GOP votes to appoint speaker anyway
House Democrats have boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary majority to advance their agenda.
Minnesota House Democrats boycott first day of session, Republicans charge forward anyway
Minnesota House Democrats boycotted the first day of the legislative session Tuesday to deprive Republicans of the quorum needed to conduct business, but GOP legislators charged forward anyways, disregarding Secretary of State Steve Simon’s ruling that a quorum wasn’t present.
House Democrats absent to start session; GOP members carry on, choose speaker
DFL House members followed through on a threat to boycott the beginning of the legislative session in an attempt to deny a quorum on Tuesday, but Republicans proceeded to elect Lisa Demuth as speaker despite Secretary of State Steve Simon's declaration that no quorum was present.
Minnesota’s Legislative Session Opens Chaotically as House Democrats Boycott
A one-seat Republican majority in the Statehouse and a looming special election made for a tense start to a new era of divided government.
Minnesota state House Democrats walk out in effort to block GOP speaker vote
Minnesota’s Democratic state representatives walked out Tuesday, failing to show up for the first day of the legislative session to deny the state House a quorum amid a fight over how to manage a chamber that's set to be equally divided.
Minnesota state House Democrats stage boycott amid fight over chamber control
Democrats in Minnesota’s state House staged a boycott on Tuesday, walking out and not showing up for the first day of the legislative session in defiance over how the chamber will be divided. When
Minnesota Democrats walk out in protest of GOP speaker vote: report
The legislative session in Minnesota opened Tuesday to a brutal proxy fight and a Democratic-led boycott over who will control the House chamber after voters in November sent an equal amount of Democratic and Republican lawmakers to the state House.
Minnesota state House Democrats to stage walkout to bar new GOP speaker
Minnesota’s Democratic state representatives staged a walkout on Tuesday, failing to show up for the first day of the legislative session to deny the state House a quorum amid a fight over how to manage a chamber that's set to be equally divided.
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2025 legislative session is off to a rocky start with the DFL skipping out and Republicans moving ahead without them
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Republicans override Simon’s adjournment of House, elect Demuth as speaker
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House DFL no-show imminent as Republicans leave taking speakership, removing Shakopee lawmaker on table
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Leaders seek power-sharing deal to avert opening day Democratic boycott of Minnesota House
The top House leaders, Democratic former Speaker Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, and Republican former Minority Leader ...
Constitutional crisis: House Republicans elect speaker after Simon adjourns session
The unprecedented start of the legislative session went on with the usual pomp and formality of years prior. As if the ...
MN House power sharing dispute could mean rough start for 2025 legislative session
If DFLers make good on their no-show threat it’ll deny the House quorum of 68 members needed to conduct business.