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Senate adopts resolution trimming members' postage budget 10%
Summary
The Minnesota Senate adopted Senate Resolution 13, setting members' postage budgets for calendar year 2025 and approving an A3 amendment that trims the chamber's postage allocation by 10%. The amendment passed 49-16 on a roll call; the resolution as amended passed 58-7.
The Minnesota Senate on the floor adopted Senate Resolution 13, which sets postage budgets for members for calendar year 2025, after approving an A3 amendment that reduces the chamber’s postage allocation by 10%.
The A3 amendment, offered by Senator Matt Johnson, passed on a roll call vote, 49 ayes to 16 nays. After adoption of the amendment, the full resolution, as amended, passed by a voice/roll call tally reported as 58 ayes and 7 nays.
The amendment’s author framed the change as a modest, symbolic step in a tight budget climate. “What the A3 amendment does is simply take down our postage budget 10% … this is a small amount of sacrifice,…
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