ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota senators are forming a first of its kind committee to plan for the local cost of federal budget cuts as the impacts of President Trump’s budget and other economic decisions are slowly coming into focus.

Budget buffer

Unprecedented undertaking:

Democrats made the announcement Tuesday, but they say they’re willing to look at potential positives as well as expected negatives from the budget.

And the Select Committee on Federal Impacts will include five DFLers and four Republicans.

An unprecedented committee for a political era Minnesota Democrats believe is also unprecedented.

"I can't recall a time when we were working with a Congress that was so unwilling to partner with us and instead put into law things that for the next decade or so will caus

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