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Here’s what can be done when Democrats are elected to run everything: all the good stuff—abortion rights, voting rights, gun safety, environmental protection, education funding and more. That’s what happened in the just-concluded legislative session in Minnesota, where the governor is a Democrat and the state House and Senate are controlled by Democrats, as well. The session has been celebrated by those Democrats as “transformational,” “historic,” and “game-changing”—and that’s putting it modestly.
State House Majority Leader Jamie Long of Minneapolis explained how House and Senate leaders set out their top 30 goals at the beginning of the session. “And as of the end of the day,” she said, “we are going to pass the entirety of our top priorities with the House and Senate.”
“When we came in in January, we didn’t say we would be able to do everything,” House Speaker Melissa Hortman added. “We knew what we wanted to work on, but we didn’t make promises that we wouldn’t be able to keep. So, I’m just thrilled that we were able to check off everything.”
