The eighty-fourth

Minnesota Legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decenn ...

first convened on January 4, 2005. The 67 members of the

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature. Floor sessions are h ...

were elected during the General Election on November 5, 2002, while the 134 members of the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint ...

were elected during the General Election on November 2, 2004.

Sessions

The

legislature A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ...

met in a regular session from January 4, 2005 to May 23, 2005. It ended without a passage of an overall

budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environme ...

, and a special session was opened May 24, 2005. No overall budget passed by the end of the

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on June 30, and much of the state government shut down for the first time in history, though some essential services remained in operation, and some departments received funding in legislation. On July 9, 2005, a budget was agreed upon, and the special session ended a few days later on July 13, 2005. A continuation of the regular session was held between March 1, 2006 and May 21, 2006.

Party summary

:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

;President of the Senate : James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul) ;Senate Majority Leader : Dean Johnson (DFL-Willmar) ;Senate Minority Leader : Dick Day (R-Owatonna)

House of Representatives

;Speaker of the House :

Steve Sviggum Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota politician, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate. A former Speaker and mem ...

(R-Kenyon) ;House Majority Leader : Erik Paulsen (R-Eden Prairie) ;House Minority Leader :

Matt Entenza Matthew "Matt" Keating Entenza (born October 4, 1961) is a Minnesota lawyer and former politician who served six terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served as House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2006. After leaving the legislature ...

(DFL-St. Paul)

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership changes

Senate

House of Representatives

External links

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