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AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP CAPITOL REPORTERS TO BREAK IT DOWN, TOREY VAN OOT FROM "AXIOS TWIN CITIES."

THANK YOU.

IT'S TRUE.

YOU DID A GREAT ROUNDUP OF ALL THE BIG ISSUES.

WHAT DID WE MISS?

>> WELL, JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TIME, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT TO DEBATE.

SO THERE ARE SOME BIG ISSUES THAT MAY GET DONE THIS YEAR.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT GOING ON THE BALLOT.

HUGE RALLY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY GO AHEAD WITH PUTTING A REVISED AMENDMENT.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ABORTION RIGHTS ON THE BALLOT.

THE CATCH IS THEY MAY PUT IT ON FOR 2026, NOT 2024.

GIVE MORE TIME TO RAMP UP THAT CAMPAIGN.

MAYBE GIVE DEMOCRATS A NON-PRESIDENTIAL YEAR TURNOUT BOOST WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE THAT IS ON THE DOCKET THAT MAY GET DONE THIS YEAR IS WHAT LEADERS SAY.

>> Mary: AND REPUBLICANS ARE KIND OF CALLING POLITICS ON THAT NE TO KEEP ABORTION WHICH HAS BEEN A WINNING ISSUE ON THE BALLOT FOR DEMOCRATS.

IT WAS A SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION LAST NIGHT, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN ON.

>> I MEAN, NATIONALLY EVERY TIME ABORTION HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT SINCE ROE VERSUS WADE, IT HAS WON BOTH, YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS, CANDIDATES RUNNING AND ISSUES.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING PARTICULARLY IN SWING STATES, DEMOCRATS PUTTING THIS ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.

THE REPUBLICANS COMPLAINT IS THAT YOU'RE MIXING A LOT TOGETHER.

SOME OF OUR MEMBERS COULD HAVE BEEN ON BOARD WITH GENDER RIGHTS, BUT ONCE YOU START ADDING OTHER THINGS INTO THIS BIG KIND OF FRANKENSTEIN AMENDMENT AS THEY WOULD CALL IT, THAT'S -- THEY DON'T LIKE THAT SO MUCH.

>> Mary: WHEN YOU TALK TO LAWMAKERS ABOUT WHAT THEY HEAR THE MOST FROM, LIKE, NORMAL CONSTITUENTS BESIDES HE FLAG WHICH YOU JUST HE DID, WE HEAR SPORTS BETTING.

THAT'S NOT CLEAR, IS IT?

WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO?

>> I WOULDN'T PUT MONEY ON IT.

[ Laughter ] I THINK THIS WEEKEND A ANEL OF THE LEADERS, PRETTY MUCH HORTMAN GAVE IT A LITTLE BETTER ODDS, 60-40.

BUT THE OTHERS WERE ALL AROUND 50-50.

THE CRUXVILLE, IT MAY NEED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

IT ALMOST CERTAINLY AS OF NOW NEEDS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE SENATE AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET A DEAL THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE RACE TRACKS CAN LIVE WITH.

NOW, ONE OF THE LEAD AUTHORS IN THE ENATE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE HAS SAID I THINK I SEE A PATHWAY FOR FLIPPING SOME OF MY D.F.L.

COLLEAGUES AND GETTING IT THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE THE RACE TRACKS ATE PIECE OF BUT THAT'S TRICKY.

>> Mary: AND SO AS MANY AS THREE NO VOTES IN THE SENATE DMPLE CAUCUS I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW.

>> YES, AND SO YOU GOT TO EITHER FLIP YOUR D.F.L.

VOTES OR GET REPUBLICANS ON BOARD AND REPUBLICANS AND SOME DEMOCRATS, DUE TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AND WHERE THEY REPRESENT ... WANT THE RACE TRACKS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PIECE OF THIS PIE TOO.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HERE, MARY, IS THAT THE PIE ISN'T VERY BIG.

PEOPLE THINK, OH, SPOTS BETTING, IT'S A HUGE WINDFALL.

IT'S NOT, ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU PAY THE STATE GETS SOME OF THE REINHARDT, THE OPERATORS, THE SPORTS BOOKS, ONLINE, MOBILE, ESPECIALLY GETS SOME OF THE REINHARDT.

SO THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY.

>> Mary: INTERESTING.

I WOULD SAY THE VOTES ARE ALSO SIMILARLY QUESTIONABLE ON ASSISTED SUICIDE, THAT THAT ISN'T A GIVEN.

DEFINITELY IN THE SENATE, BUT THE HOUSE HELD A HEARING, TOOK A VOTE OUTSIDE OF SESSION, SPLNG I HAVEN'T SEEN VERY OFTEN.

REALLY INTERESTING, UNUSUAL ISSUE HERE.

>> AND THAT'S ONE WHERE THE SUPPORTERS OF ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE TERMINALLY IMWITH LESS THAN SIX MONTHS TO LIVE TO GET A DOCTOR SIGNOFF TO OBTAIN DRUGS THAT WOULD END THEIR LIVES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE SAYING POLLING SHOWS SUPPORT GROWING FOR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, IN PART BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A LOVED ONE -- >> Mary: NOT NECESSARILY PARTISAN EITHER.

[Overlapping conversations] >> THEY'VE SEEN SOMEONE GO THROUGH THIS AND WANT TO HAVE THAT AUTONOMY.

THE POLL TIS POLITICIANS AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE YET.

AND WE HEARD THAT FROM LEADER MURPHY AND SPEAKER HORTMAN INTO THE LEAD UP TO SESSION.

THEY THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE WHERE THE PUBLIC IS GETTING THERE.

THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM IS GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

MANY OTHER STATES HAVE DONE THIS.

[Overlapping conversations] >> Mary: AND SHE'S A NURSE TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOREY.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.