Despite the slow start for the House with only eight bills introduced after the first few days of session, a couple hundred were in play prior to the House shutdown.

The DFL’s boycott of House proceedings headed into its third week Monday. House GOP and DFL leaders hadn’t reached a deal after meeting over the weekend and again Monday morning.

The logjam at the Minnesota state House extended into a third week Monday. Sixty-seven House Republicans showed up at the Capitol, but without a power-sharing agreement in place, Democrats did not. Since the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled last week that a quorum -- the minimum number of representatives needed to conduct House business -- is 68,