701-566-9300Crossover Crunch, huh? Sounds like I just invented a new snack food or something. I am referring to the long hours legislators are putting in so that they get a break late this week and early next week as House bills go to the Senate and vice-versa. While many road and bridge infrastructure bills are still alive, SB 2275 died on the Senate floor yesterday. This is the one that would have moved one of the SIIF buckets to allow the Prairie Dog bucket (city, county, township and airport infrastructure funds) to fill sooner. One of the sponsors was Senate Appropriations Chairman Bekkedahl who stood up and said that he could no longer support it due to the budget being underwater by $150 million or so at this point. Senator Wanzek tried a floor amendment that we helped others lobby for today, but leadership also stood up and said no way. We will keep fighting for our roads and bridges, but I might need a Crossover Crunch to stress eat on.
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