Corrupt politicians will find any way to abuse the system that they can; Especially if there is a direct motive that can be drawn such as financial benefits. It is all too common that self-interested politicians prioritize their own interests over the interests of taxpayers and Patriots.

The Minnesota state Senate voted on Monday, Feb. 24th, on a resolution titled S.R. 14 which dealt with a variety of rules and parameters for the Senate chamber and their members. Among the issues addressed was allowing blatant acts of corruption by giving Senators permission to collect per-diem while they are voting remotely (which means they are not traveling to the Capitol for work, AKA the whole purpose of per-diem)!

See the section on per-diems below:

Senators are looking to profit off of your tax dollars and not even show up for work! To make matters worse, the scam-artists are on BOTH sides of the aisle; Every single Democrat except one and 22 RINOs supported this Resolution! See vote below:

Only nine Republicans had the guts to do the right thing and oppose this garbage! This was an incredibly easy vote, it would seemingly pass no matter what a Senator does so they had ZERO reason to support this unless they want to collect taxpayer funded per-diems while no-showing.

RINOs and Dems will try to justify their votes by claiming support for new sections prohibiting Senators from simultaneously holding lobbying gigs, which should be seen as an obvious conflict of interest. The new language having to do with lobbying is a benefit but that alone does not rationalize the per-diem scam that they passed alongside it. See a portion of the new lobbying language below:

Following S.R. 14, a concurrent Resolution (S.C.R. 2) was passed with the same margins and the same 10 members who were opposed. S.C.R. 2 adopted shared rules with the State House, which was flawed in its own right thanks to RINOs caving. Both S.R. 14 and S.C.R. 2 were co-authored by party “leaders” radical leftist Erin Murphy and RINO Mark Johnson, the full Senate session can be viewed here. See the vote on S.C.R. 2 below:

The per-diem issue is not a new one, very recently the topic became a concern in the state House as Democrats no-showed the opening weeks of the Legislature and were collecting their pay as usual. While the GOP did sue Tyrant Steve Simon to try to strip the no-show Dems' pay, the GOP went back on their word and caved to Democrats the day before the suit reached the Supreme Court by striking a deal to seat Brad Tabke despite major election violations in 54A. Additionally, the lawsuit fell short of requiring legislative attendance.

Action 4 Liberty will continue to expose the corruption happening across our state and the crony career politicians who have created the mess we are in. All state Senators and Reps are up for re-election in 2026 and conservatives are watching them like a hawk. Sometimes crooked Legislators have to be reminded that they work for the People, not the other way around!