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2014 Session Summary Scorecard INSIDE! Legislative Scorecard 2014 Legislative Scorecard 2014 18th Annual The legislators pictured below RECEIVED 100% ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD. They deserve special recognion for their efforts to limit the growth and reach of State Government. Those noted with a star deserve special recognion for their 100% score and for signing the taxpayers protecon pledge and are our 2014 BEST FRIENDS OF THE TAXPAYER, recognized for making and keeping their promise to the Taxpayers of Minnesota. Representative Mike Benson R-Rochester 26-B Representative Kurt Daudt R-Crown 31-A Representative Steve Drazkowski R-Mazeppa 21-B Representative Glen Gruenhagen R-Glencoe 18-B Representative Jerry Hertaus R-Greenfield 33-A Representative Ernie Liediger R-Mayer 47-A Representative Jennifer Loon R-Eden Prairie 48-B Representative Pam Myhra R-Burnsville 56-A Representative Jim Newberger R-Becker 15-B Representative Marion O’Neill R-Buffalo 29-B Representative Joyce Peppin R-Rogers 34-A Representative Cindy Pugh R-Chanhassen 33-B Representative Paul Torkelson R-Hanska 16-B Representative Sondra Erickson R-Princeton 15-A Senator Bruce Anderson R-Buffalo 29 Senator Michelle Benson R-Ham Lake 31 Senator Roger Chamberlain R-Lino Lakes 38 Senator Dan Hall R-Burnsville 56 Senator David Hann R-Eden Prairie 48 Senator Sco Newman R-Hutchinson 18 Senator Dave Osmek R-Mound 33

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Page 1: 2014 Taxpayers League of Minnesota Scorecard

2014 Session SummaryScorecard

INSIDE!

Legislative Scorecard 2014

Legislative Scorecard 2014

18th AnnualThe legislators pictured below RECEIVED 100% ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD. They deserve special recognition for their efforts to limit the growth and reach of State Government. Those noted with a star deserve special recognition for their 100% score and for signing the taxpayers protection pledge and are our 2014 BEST FRIENDS OF THE TAXPAYER, recognized for making and keeping their promise to the Taxpayers of Minnesota.

RepresentativeMike BensonR-Rochester

26-B

RepresentativeKurt Daudt

R-Crown31-A

RepresentativeSteve Drazkowski

R-Mazeppa21-B

RepresentativeGlen Gruenhagen

R-Glencoe18-B

RepresentativeJerry HertausR-Greenfield

33-A

RepresentativeErnie Liediger

R-Mayer47-A

RepresentativeJennifer LoonR-Eden Prairie

48-B

RepresentativePam MyhraR-Burnsville

56-A

RepresentativeJim Newberger

R-Becker15-B

RepresentativeMarion O’Neill

R-Buffalo29-B

RepresentativeJoyce Peppin

R-Rogers34-A

RepresentativeCindy Pugh

R-Chanhassen33-B

RepresentativePaul Torkelson

R-Hanska16-B

RepresentativeSondra Erickson

R-Princeton 15-A

SenatorBruce Anderson

R-Buffalo29

SenatorMichelle Benson

R-Ham Lake31

SenatorRoger Chamberlain

R-Lino Lakes38

SenatorDan Hall

R-Burnsville56

SenatorDavid Hann

R-Eden Prairie48

SenatorScott NewmanR-Hutchinson

18

SenatorDave Osmek

R-Mound33

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2014 Session Summary

Governor Dayton deemed the 2014 legislative session the “Unsession.” We agree with him that the first priority was to undo the oner-ous tax increases he and the DFL controlled

legislature foisted on the citizens and businesses of Minnesota in 2013. Last year the state had a projected $600 Million deficit, the solution- in-crease taxes over $2.1 Billion! Now that 2014 is an election year, the Governor and the DFL leaders talked of tax cuts. But their “Unsession” undid only 19% of that crushing tax burden, only $400 Mil-lion of the dead on arrival, job crushing business to business and warehouse taxes. Hold the bus, if government economics were run like your family’s checkbook, that would mean the state should still have a $1.1 Billion surplus. NOT! While your family fights through an economy that is struggling to grow at barely 4% this year, Governor Dayton and the legislature have lavishly expanded State spending 12%! The only explanation is that our state leaders think they know better how to spend your money than you do.

Where did your money go? Let’s start with two noteworthy pieces of legislation from last year: The extravagant $90 Million Senate Legislative Office Building, affectionately referred to as the SLOB, and fixing the ongoing problems with implementing Minnesota’s ObamaCare, MNSure. In the spirit of the Governor’s “Unsession” theme, the Republi-can House and Senate minorities tried to bring up amendments on the floor to Undo these bills only to be shot down on a ‘germaneness’ technicality. We’ve included these roll call votes here as a proxy

for attempts to protect the Taxpayers of Minnesota.

State worker pensions were also treated with a multimillion dollar multi-year Band-Aid. The Duluth Teachers Pension was bailed out and a path was set to merge it with the State Teacher’s Pension, which itself is underfunded. Government workers were also the beneficiaries of many ‘tweaks’ to public sector worker labor law, including an expansion of the Bureau of Mediation Services to include more research and policy activities, expanded mediation panel for unfair labor grievances. New contracts with scheduled pay increases were passed. Yet, there was no progress on positive reforms such as pay for performance.

2014 Bonding year. The Legislative session is a two year, biennial system. The first year of the bienni-um, the odd numbered year is the budget year, the second- even numbered year is the bonding year. This system has been blurred in recent legislative years. The legislature now taxes and bonds during both years of the biennium. This year’s bonding bill was breathtakingly close to $1Billion. That is in addition to the $177 Million bonded for projects last year. The dollar value of outstanding state general obligation bonds cannot exceed 3.25 percent of total state personal income. This year to get around that ceiling, the Governor and legislature used $200 Million of your tax money to pay cash for more capi-tal investments.

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A number of legislators attempted to put one over on the Taxpayers of Minnesota by voting to dramatically increase spending while voting

against the corresponding tax increases to pay for the expanded budget during the 2013/2014 biennium. We are bestowing these legislators with a new “ENRON AWARD” in memory of the infamous company that cooked their books by gaming their revenues and expenses. These “ENRON AWARD” recipients are trying to catch their constituents asleep at the wheel while they vote to lavishly expand government programs, then vote against the taxes necessary to fund the expansion. Bills expanding state spending include: HF 1233 (Health and Human Services, HF5 (Health Care Exchange) SF1236 (Higher Education), HF729 (Jobs), HF630-SF453 (K-12 Education), SF489 (Pensions), HF1444 (Transportation), SF1589 (State Government), HF976 (Environmental), HF1068 (Capital Investment), HF1951 (Pensions) and HF3172 (Miscellaneous Spending).

The “Enron” Award: They voted against raising taxes...

But FOR increased Spending

SenatorSusan Kent

DFL-Woodbury53

SenatorMelisa Franzen

DFL-Edina49

RepresentativeRon Erhardt

DFL-Edina49-A

SenatorTerri Bonoff

DFL-Minnetonka43

SenatorVicki Jensen

DFL-Owatonna24

RepresentativePaul Rosenthal

DFL-Edina49-B

RepresentativeLaurie Halverson

DFL-Eagan51-B

RepresentativeYvonne SelcerDFL-Eden Prairie

48-A

All Funds

General Fund

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Minnesota has had a quality of life and competitive advantage over our neighboring states. But, Governor Dayton and the Legislature are carving away at that advantage, having lost sight of the total tax and regulatory burden on families and businesses. According to the Tax Foundation, Minnesota moved from 45th to 47th worst business tax climate under Governor Dayton’s leadership. Kiplinger magazine listed Minnesota as the 47th worst state to retire in, due in large part to the fact that MN is one of only 7 states that tax Social Security benefits.

Governor Dayton is announcing that he cut taxes during this election year. Even MPR’S Poligraph proved this claim to be FALSE. So when someone says they are

“happy to pay for a better Minnesota” as the slogan goes, remind them of what our state’s near worst in the nation tax burden is doing to hurt middle class families and diminish our state’s competitiveness to bring in new businesses.

Families, skilled labor, businesses and start-up capital are more mobile than ever. Families and businesses will chose to locate where they have the highest opportunity to grow and prosper, that includes locating where they receive the government services for the lowest cost. Join the Taxpayers League of Minnesota in our continuing mission to be the strong champion working to keep Minnesota competitive.

our missionThe Taxpayers League stands up for Minnesota taxpayers by championing lower

taxes, limited government, local control, and free enterprise through nonpartisan grassroots advocacy and full empowerment of taxpaying citizens.

our VisionThe Taxpayers League advocates for prosperity by fighting to reduce and reform taxation, eliminate gov-ernment waste, and improve efficiency. It serves as a strong voice for all taxpaying citizens in Minnesota. We publish the Taxpayers League Scorecard, sponsor a Taxpayers Freedom Rally at the state capitol and promote the Taxpayers League Protection Pledge, a pledge for candidates and office holders to their con-stitutents that they will oppose increasing taxes.

Join UsIf you’re tired of Minnesota’s high taxes and big government – and you want to join the fight to change it – the Taxpayers League would like your help. Please send your gift to Taxpayers League of Minnesota PO Box 270262 • Minneapolis, MN 55427 or go to taxpayersleague.org/donate.

Harold Hamilton, Chairman of the Board, Taxpayers

League of Minnesota

Ted Lillie, President of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota

taxpayersleague.org

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50B DFL Lenczewski, Ann - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 3366B DFL Lesch, John - - - - - - - - - A - + - - - 7 1126A DFL Liebling, Tina - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1604A DFL Lien, Ben - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 243B DFL Lillie, Leon - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 660A DFL Loeffler, Diane - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1039B R Lohmer, Kathy + + A + + + + - + + + + + - + 80 8548B R Loon, Jenifer + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 8357A R Mack, Tara + + - + + A + + + A + A + + + 73 8167A DFL Mahoney, Tim - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1365B DFL Mariani, Carlos - - - - - A - - - - - + - - - 7 804B DFL Marquart, Paul - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 2151A DFL Masin, Sandra - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 729A R McDonald, Joe A A A + + + + + + + + A + + + 73 7712A DFL McNamar, Jay - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 754B R McNamara, Denny + - - + - + + - + + + + + - + 67 6606A DFL Melin, Carly - - A - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 206B DFL Metsa, Jason - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 265A DFL Moran, Rena - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - 0 256B DFL Morgan, Will - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 659A DFL Mullery, Joe - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1503B DFL Murphy, Mary - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1264A DFL Murphy, Erin - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 256A R Myhra, Pam + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 8840A DFL Nelson, Michael V. - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 915B R Newberger, Jim + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 10037A DFL Newton, Jerry - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 308A R Nornes, Bud + + - - + + + - + + + + + + + 80 7025B DFL Norton, Kim - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1513B R O'Driscoll, Tim + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 93 7929B R O'Neill, Marion + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 9664B DFL Paymar, Michael - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1528A DFL Pelowski Jr., Gene - - - - A + - - - - - + + - - 20 2434A R Peppin, Joyce + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 9305A DFL Persell, John - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 124A R Petersburg, John + + - + + + + + + + + A + + + 87 8627B DFL Poppe, Jeanne - - - - - - - - - - - + + - - 13 933B R Pugh, Cindy + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 9625A R Quam, Duane + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 93 9410B DFL Radinovich, Joe - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 249B DFL Rosenthal, Paul - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 1338A R Runbeck, Linda + + - + + + + + + + A + + + + 87 9037B R Sanders, Tim + + - + + + + - + + + + + + + 87 8327A DFL Savick, Shannon - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 417B DFL Sawatzky, Mary - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 454A DFL Schoen, Dan - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 422A R Schomacker, Joe + + - - + + + - + + + + + + + 80 7735B R Scott, Peggy + A + + + + + + + + + A + + + 87 9148A DFL Selcer, Yvonne - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 746B DFL Simon, Steve - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 707B DFL Simonson, Erik - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 450A DFL Slocum, Linda - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 411A DFL Sundin, Mike - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 216A R Swedzinski, Chris + + - - + + + - + + + + + + + 80 7914A R Theis, Tama + + - - + + + - + + + + + - + 73 4661B DFL Thissen, Paul - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - 0 816B R Torkelson, Paul + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 100 8136A R Uglem, Mark + + - - + + + - + + + + + - + 73 7518A R Urdahl, Dean A - - + - + + - - + + + + - + 53 6463B DFL Wagenius, Jean - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 910A DFL Ward, John - - - - - - A - - - - + - - A 7 153A DFL Ward, JoAnn - - - - - - - - A - - + - - - 7 457B R Wills, Anna + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 93 8946A DFL Winkler, Ryan - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 620A R Woodard, Kelby + + + + + + + + + + + + A + + 93 8542A DFL Yarusso, Barb - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - 7 434B R Zellers, Kurt + + - + + + + + A + + + + A + 80 8730A R Zerwas, Nick + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + 93 96

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1. Reclassifying non-teachers as teachersThis bill re-classifies some non-teaching staff as teachers for pay, benefits and union purposes. It affects current employees,and will change school districts’ payrolls without any impact in the classroom. The taxpayer friendly and local control vote is a NO. (SF 1722)2. State recycling mandates to businessMinnesota has one of the highest rates in the nation and recycling. So why, this mandate by the state? It adds yet another layer of compliance to businesses on top of an already burdensome regulatory environment. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 0663)3. “Women’s economic security act” is bad for women’s economic securityRequiring substantial new reporting and significant compliance measures makes it more likely that employers will just say no to additional employees, male or female. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 2536)4. state pays cash to spend down the surplusTo get around the debt limit, the Governor and legislature used $200 Million of your tax money to pay cash for more capital investments aviding the need to propriutze ze state spending. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 1068)5. Bailing out government worker pensions while kicking the can down the roadThis bill avoids the clear need for reform by hiding a failing local pension system in the state teachers pension which also has a large unfunded liability. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (SF 1951)6. Job killing minimum wage increase Minimum wage increases reduce the number of jobs. The real job killer in this bill is that it has built in increases, which will cause inflation and businesses to look at relocation. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 2091)7. GOV’T employee grievance board: will it save money or just shift the cost to taxpayers?If you look at the composition of this new board, it has union representation on both sides of the table. We won’t know if this system will “benefit “the state until we see what kinds of resolutions they achieve. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 3014)8. Even More money on the state’s credit cardThis year’s bonding bill was nearly a billion dollars. That is in addition to the $177 Million “essential” projects bonded for last year. Meanwhile, debt service continues to grow as a portion of the state’s general fund budget. This is money that the state will be constitutionally obligated to spend. The taxpayer friendly vote is a NO. The taxpayer and business friendly vote is a NO. (HF 2490)9. Pushing Public Health Insurance on School Districts will lead to its expansionWith more regulation and requirements on how school districts and charter schools choose their health insurance plans for employees, PEIP, the state plan for local government employees is likely to become default option, not the option of last resort. Taxpayer friendly and local control vote is a NO. (SF 2180)10. A Tax cut? Not so fast. When their tax increases are projected to bring in $1.2 Billion to cover a deficit half that size and then they claim to reduce taxes in the second year by pulling back some of those taxes, it’s not a tax cut. It is a reduction in what they were going to tax you. (HF 1777) We’ve chosen to score two amendments. In the House, amendment A29 (S. Anderson) tried to move up the elimination of the marriage penalty to this year rather than next. The A22 (Ortman) amendment in the Senate tried to repeal the estate tax provisions that are driving retirees to move out of the state. The taxpayer friendly vote on these two amendments is a YES.11. Spending the surplusThis “supplemental spending bill” exists simply because the State government had a surplus. In this bill is payment for union contract increases that were signed by the administration AFTER the budget went into affect last year. Do you think that bargaining was affected by the fact that there was a budget surplus available for the taking? This bill was a feeding frenzy. The Taxpayer Friendly vote was NO. (HF 3172)12. Putting limits on COPS’ ability to take people’s property without a convictionThis bill limits the ability of law enforcement and prosecutors to seize property of individuals upon arrest for certain crimes. They will now require a conviction. Taxpayer friendly vote was YES. (SF 874)13. Another layer of bureaucracy and unfunded mandates for schoolsThere was a lot of controversy over the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act. Very little attention was focused on the massive bureaucratic expansion and far-reaching encroachment on local control. It creates a “24-member leadership council to improve school climate and safety” and a new “school climate center.” Compliance costs by the school district are likely to be high and in the end local taxpayers as well as state taxpayers will foot the bill. The Taxpayer Friendly vote was NO. (HF 826)14. More pay increases for public sector workersState workers contracts passed this year continued automatic pay increases and no pay for performance reform as was discussed in the past two years. Taxpayer friendly vote was a NO. (SF 1952)15. MNSure Accountability (HOUSE ONLY)This amendment the Health and Human Services bill got derailed in the House, as not “germane” to the bill. It would have increased transparency and accountability of Minnesota’s Health Care Exchange. Supporters of the amendment voted No to overrule the speaker’s ruling. The Taxpayer friendly vote was a NO. (Dean Amendment on HF 2402)16. Trying to stop the 90 million dollar new palace for senators. (SENATE ONLY)This amendment to the Surplus Spending bill got derailed in the Senate, as not “germane” to the bill. It would have stripped out the $90 Million dollar new Senate office building, which is unnecessary, costly and symbolic of a tone-deaf state government. Supporters of the amendment voted No to overrule the speaker’s ruling. The Taxpayer friendly vote was a NO.

Vote Descriptions

HF= House File/SF=Senate File

LEGEND: “+”= Pro-taxpayer vote; “ –”= anti-taxpayer vote “ A”= did not vote

All scores except for amendments were bills voted on re-passage. Lifetime scores are calculated from a member’s first session, through all sessions served or the first scorecard in 1997.

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