according to a "minnpost" poll, minnesotans blamed the republican legislature more for the shutdown. overall, 42% said republicans in the legislature were more responsible, 21% said the dfl governor was more responsible, and 22% volunteered an answer that they were equally to blame. as expected, partisans blamed the other party more; only 10% of republicans blamed the legislature more, and only 2% of dflers blamed dayton more. following the shutdown, dfl representative phyllis kahn authored a continuing appropriations bill that would prevent government shutdowns in the event of disagreements between the governor and legislature, as she had done in several past sessions. the house commissioned a policy brief from its research department, published in december 2011, that looked into what such a bill would require. the brief noted that such ideas had been considered before, including after the 2005 shutdown, and had been abandoned.