How Senate voted on outdoor/arts funding bill

05/11/2007

(AP) -- Votes Friday as the Senate, on a 52-14 vote, approved sending a constitutional amendment to voters asking them to approve a state sales tax increase to pay for environmental and cultural programs. Voting yes were 37 Democrats and 15 Republicans. Voting no were 6 Democrats and 8 Republicans.

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Anderson (St. Paul); Berglin (Minneapolis); Betzold (Fridley); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Carlson (Eagan); Chaudhary (Fridley); Clark (St. Cloud); Cohen (St. Paul); Dibble (Minneapolis); Doll (Burnsville); Erickson Ropes (Winona); Foley (Coon Rapids); Higgins (Minneapolis); Kubly (Granite Falls); Larson (Bloomington); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Lynch (Rochester); Metzen (South St. Paul); Moua (St. Paul); Olseen (Harris); Olson, M. (Bemidji); Pappas (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Prettner Solon (Duluth); Rummel (White Bear Lake); Saltzman (Woodbury); Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Scheid (Brooklyn Park); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Skogen (Hewitt); Sparks (Austin); Tomassoni (Chisholm); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Vickerman (Tracy); Wiger (North St. Paul)

DEMOCRATS VOTING NO

Bakk (Cook); Langseth (Glyndon); Marty (Roseville); Murphy (Red Wing); Rest (New Hope); Skoe (Clearbrook)

DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING

Stumpf (Plummer)

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES

Day (Owatonna); Fischbach (Paynesville); Frederickson (New Ulm); Gimse (Willmar); Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Koering (Fort Ripley); Michel (Edina); Olson, G. (Minnetrista); Pariseau (Farmington); Robling (Jordan); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester); Wergin (Princeton)

REPUBLICANS VOTING NO

Dille (Dassel); Gerlach (Apple Valley); Hann (Eden Prairie); Johnson (Ham Lake); Limmer (Maple Grove); Neuville (Northfield); Ortman (Chanhassen); Vandeveer (Forest Lake)