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Rep. Anderson Finishes Wrong-Priority Session with Little to Showcase
Rep. Diane Anderson and legislative Republican majorities rang down the final gavel on the 2012 legislative session today — ending a two-year legislative session marked by partisan divides.
Representative Diane Anderson and legislative Republican majorities rang down the final gavel on the 2012 legislative session today — ending a two-year legislative session marked by partisan divides, a state government shutdown, and heavy state borrowing.
“Rep. Anderson did nothing at the legislature on the issues that matter to her constituents – like growing the economy or supporting our children’s schools,” Carrie Lucking, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Better Minnesota said. “Rep. Anderson chose to cut Eagan area schools by nearly $3 million in order to pay to keep tax breaks in place for big corporations. She has the wrong priorities.”
In the past two years, Rep. Anderson and the Republican-led legislature have been dogged by the lowest approval ratings in Minnesota history in public polls. Over 50% of Minnesotans consistently give the Republican-controlled legislature failing marks. [KSTP/SurveyUSA, 2/8/12] The following critical votes over the past two years have raised Minnesotans’ ire:
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>> Rep. Anderson voted to end the Market Value Homestead Credit, causing a projected 3.4% property tax increase in Dakota County. [MN House Research, HF 20, special session]
>> Rep. Anderson voted to cut area schools by over $2.8 million [MN House Research, HF 934] and borrow $700 million from Minnesota’s children, leaving them a $2 billion IOU and no plan to pay it back. [HF 26, special session]
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Rep. Anderson spent her time at the legislature supporting special deals and tax breaks for big corporations and their lobbyists, at the expense of her nearly 40,000 constituents:
>> Rep. Anderson voted to raise taxes on nearly 21,000 renters in Dakota County to give even bigger tax breaks to large corporations. [MN House Research, HF 2337]
>> Rep. Anderson voted to make it harder for consumers to hold big corporations accountable when they do wrong and voted to allow corporations to avoid paying their taxes by hiding profits overseas. [SF149, SF373, SF429, SF530, SF1236; HF130, HF 2083 - House Journal 6446, HF 2083 - House Journal 6447]
