Stephenson talks taxes and fraud as DFL prepares to take House majority

The power-sharing agreement between House Republicans and Democrats will soon be relegated to the history books as the DFL takes a decisive majority in January.

After two years of a 67-67 tie, the DFL will now control 77 seats.

“This session we are going to be laser-focused on addressing the cost-of-living crisis that Minnesotans are feeling,” Stephenson told 5 Eyewitness News in an interview in his Capitol office. “We really need to take aggressive action to bring down the cost of health care and housing. Everything we can do to make middle-class and working-class Minnesotans’ lives more affordable.”

Stephenson does leave open the possibility of some corporate tax increases to pay for some programs dealing with mental health, specifically mentioning a tax on social media companies that the Minnesota Senate proposed last year. It ultimately didn’t pass.

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