JUDICIARY CHAIR.

>> ALSO ADDRESS ELECTION LAW WITH SOME KEY MEMBERS FROM THE HOUSE.

BUT FIRST, THE ENTIRE SESSION HINGES ON MAINTAINING THAT SLIM MARGIN IN THE SENATE.

DFL SENIOR NICOLE MITCHELL REFUSED TO COMMENT AS SHE RUSHED TO THE CAPITOL, GIVING DEMOCRATS THEIR ONE-VOTE MARGIN AGAIN AS SHE WAS EMBRACED BY MANY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER.

>> WHERE YOU AT WITH SENATOR MITCHELL'S PRESENCE?

I KNOW YOU EMBRACED HER.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT LEER WORK HERE?

>> SENATOR MITCHELL IS ENTITLED TO VOTE AND THE PEOPLE WHO CENTER HER HERE FROM WOODBURY, SENATE DISTRICT 47, ARE ENTITLED TO HER REPRESENTATION.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SHE'S HERE, I THINK IT'S PORSCHES' VOTING NOTHING PERSON.

>> SENATE REPUBLICANS DONG BELIEVE SHE SHOULD BE VOTING ON THE FLOOR.

THIS IS A CLOUD OVER THE TOP OF THE SENATE RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT THROUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ETHICS.

>> Mary: BUT REPUBLICANS IN THE MINORITY WERE READY TO CHAT HER PRESENCE, TRYING TO CREATE A NEW POLICY IF SOMEONE IS CHARGED WITH A CRIME OF VIOLENCE THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM VOTING UNTIL THE ETHICS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES.

>> THE CHARGE FACING A MEMBER OF THIS BODY IS SO SERIOUS AND COMPLETELY UNPRITZ DEPARTMENTED, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS STEP TODAY.

WE SHOULD NOT BE PASSING LEGISLATION IN THIS BODY BY ONE VOTE.

>> Mary: OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE MEN LEADER WAS USED AS I FIND AGAINST THE MOTION.

>> IN RESPONSE TO A PRESS INQUIRY, CAN SHE VOTE, SENATOR JOHNSON SAID, SHE ERTAINLY CAN, EITHER ON THE FLOOR OR WITH APPROVAL OF THE CAUCUS LEADER, SO SHE CAN VOTE REMOTELY THAT WAY, OR SHE CAN BE HERE ON THE FLOOR.

>> WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL VALUE AT STAKE AND THAT IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF EVERY SINGLE SENATE DISTRICT ARE ENTITLED TO BE REPRESENTED.

>> HER ACTIONS HAVE BROUGHT THE SENATE INTO DISHONOR.

HER ACTIONS HAVE BROUGHT THE SENATE INTO DISREPUTE.

>> SENATOR MITCHELL HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE IN THIS BODY.

>> Mary: THE ATTEMPT TO STOP SENATOR MITCHELL FROM VOTING WAS RESUMED OUT OF ORDER, WHILE REPBS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED THEIR PROTEST, CALLING HER UNFIT FOR OFFICE SINCE HER FELONY CHARGE.

>> TO ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO ASK MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO BE JUDGE AND JURY AND NOT ALLOW DUE PROCESS IN THE SYSTEM OF ETHICS HERE AND IN THE COURT OF LAW WOULD BE UNDERMINING AND ABRIDGING, REALLY, AND EVERING AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN VALUE IN THE CONSTITUTION HAT WE WORK UPON.

>> SHE MADE THE DECIDING VOTE ON WHETHER SHE SHOULD BE VOTING TODAY ON THE FLOOR.

I HOPE YOU SAW THE IRONY IN THAT.

TO ME, THAT WAS PRETTY EXTREME TO ALLOW HER TO EVEN VOTE OFTEN THAT