During the annual “Session Priorities” dinner of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, a panel of legislative leaders was asked a series of questions by host Tom Hauser.

A fixture of his Sunday interview program “At Issue” on KSTP, Hauser’s lightning round asks guests to give one-word answers to questions both serious and silly. Here are the questions and answers from DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park; House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown; Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa; and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL- Cook:

Q: Dog or cat?

Daudt: Dog

Hortman: Dog

Gazelka: Dog

Bakk: Fish

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Q: Single payer health insurance: yes or no?

Daudt: No

Hortman: Eventually

Gazelka: No

Bakk: Not yet

Q: Tax conformity bill: January or May?

Daudt: Now

Hortman: May

Gazelka: NOT January

Bakk: Maybe not

Q: Business permitting: onerous or appropriate?

Daudt: Onerous

Hortman: (pause) It depends (afterward, Hortman added, “It depends on your perspective.”)

Gazelka: Onerous

Bakk: Difficult

Q: Transit: light rail or Bus?

Daudt: Bus

Hortman: Both

Gazelka: Bus

Bakk: Both

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Q: Redistricting: can’t wait or too soon?

Daudt: Too soon

Hortman: More time needed

Gazelka: No court needed

Bakk: It’s gonna make me run in ‘20

Q: Sunday morning, church or “At Issue?”

Daudt: Both

Hortman: Newspaper

Gazelka: Sorry, Tom

Bakk: I have to go to church

Q: Increase in the gas tax?

Daudt: No

Hortman: Maybe

Gazelka: No

Bakk: Yes

Q: Twitter or Instagram?

Daudt: Instagram

Hortman: Twitter

Gazelka: Twitter

Bakk: Neither

Q: Extend the health care reinsurance program?

Daudt: Yes

Hortman: Yes

Gazelka: Yes

Bakk: Probably can’t afford it

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Q: Recreational marijuana: legalize or decriminalize?

Daudt: It’s a federal issue

Hortman: There’s no rush on that

Gazelka: Neither

Bakk: Not yet

Q: Autonomous vehicles and when: five years or 25 years?

Daudt: Five years (afterward, Daudt said it would be less than five years)

Hortman: 10

Gazelka: 10

Bakk: 10, but only in First Class cities (cities with more than 100,000 residents)

Q: Hands free cellphone law: yes or no?

Daudt: It’s gonna happen

Hortman: Yes

Gazelka: Yes

Bakk: It will depend on the penalty. (Bakk added that some bills make violations a felony which, he said, would trigger more debate)

Q: Funding for opioid response: state general fund or from drug industry?

Daudt: General fund

Hortman: Industry

Gazelka: Small industry contribution

Bakk: Providers

Q: Renewable energy mandates: yes or no?

Daudt: No

Hortman: Definitely

Gazelka: No

Bakk: I have a long answer and if I don’t get to use it I’ve got to say no

Q: Special session: yes or no

(answered in reverse order)

Bakk: Not up to me

Gazelka: Help me out Tom, No

Hortman: Hopefully not

Daudt: (in reference to Hortman’s answer and an earlier joke by Hauser) So you learned that’s a 75 percent chance.