Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt has ordered the House controller *not* to implement a 45-percent pay raise for House lawmakers that a special commission approved last week.  A constitutional amendment voters passed last fall took away legislators’ power to set their own salaries, but Daudt wants to block the increase

 

Daudt’s opponents say his move is to garner favor with voters if he decides to run for governor. Daudt’s Senate counterpart, Republican Majority Leader Paul Gazelka also disagrees with the move, saying the Minnesota Constitution mandates that salaries approved by the commission be paid to lawmakers.