High impact bills questionable as finish line approaches for legislators [Video]

House Democrats had a plan for Monday, but as the Scottish poet Robert Burns said, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

They had to make new plans on Tuesday.

At the top of the DFL agenda to start the week was passing a bill sending an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to Minnesota voters.

“Today we are going to make history,” said House Majority Leader Jamie Long, (DFL-Minneapolis).

Spoiler alert: They did not.

With at least five bills on the calendar Monday, Republicans filibustered the day away.

“In 1776, Adam Smith wrote a book,” said Rep. Marj Fogelman, (R-Fulda), in between repeated references to …