Minnesota’s House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee rejected a resolution that would have started an impeachment investigation into Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison regarding the massive fraud scheme.
The vote ended in an 8-8 tie, resulting in a failure.
“Governor Walz is focused on lowering costs. Republicans are focused on fighting Walz. It would be great if Republicans in the state legislature took a stab at serious work that actually helps people,” stated Walz’s office.
Minnesota GOP lawmakers introduced House Resolution 6 for Walz and House Resolution 7 on Ellison on March 2.
“When the governor knows of widespread fraud, fails to act and allows retaliation against those who speak out, that meets the constitutional threshold for impeachment,” said Rep. Mike Weiner (R).
The lawmakers “pointed to alleged ‘corrupt conduct’ by both Walz and Ellison.”
Ellison’s resolution also included allegations of “crimes and misdemeanors.”
The resolutions would likely be dead on arrival in the legislature, since the House is evenly split and the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) holds a one-seat majority in the Senate.
“This is a fundamentally unserious proposal by a fundamentally unserious party who isn’t interested in governing,” said DFL Rep. Michael Howard. “Gas prices are rising because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran. Health care, housing and childcare costs are spiking. We have hospitals closing, yet this is what we’re going to do today? A bill that’s absolutely going nowhere, dead on arrival.”
Minnesota Department of Human Services employees blew the lid off about the fraud in November, forcing even more fraud schemes into the spotlight.
The Senate currently has legislation to end the housing program at the center of the scheme, which the House passed on March 17.
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