Emails, Calls on Budget Bill Flood Lawmakers' Offices (Wisconsin)

[Joanne98]

Lawmakers in Madison say they're inundated with public response to the budget repair bill.

Chants against the governor's budget proposal echoed through the Capitol building Monday.

In state Senator Mike Ellis's office, emails came in by the thousands.

"We had 3,700 emails already today. Three thousand, seven hundred. We haven't even begun to go through them," said Ellis, a Neenah Republican.

In state Representative Gordon Hintz's office, staff took call after call while responding to emails from angry taxpayers.

"People are throwing their arms up and saying we can't let this happen. This is Wisconsin, it's not how we do things. We don't just jam things through. We don't repeal 50 years of things that have worked for us on terms of labor peace," Hintz, an Oshkosh Democrat, said.

"I think people are really threatened by what it's going to mean for social workers, EMTs, and nurses -- the people they take care of and are asked to care for the needs of our most vulnerable population," Rep. Hintz said.

Representative Michelle Litjens, a Grand Chute Republican, says she's received dozens of requests to reject the bill, but she says she also has a responsibility to the people who voted her into office.

"Door after door after door this summer when I was talking to voters, they wanted to see parity between public and private benefit packages," Rep. Litjens said, "and this is what we have to do because of the financial situation we're

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[madmom]

1. Say what?......

"says she's received dozens of requests to reject the bill, but she says she also has a responsibility to the people who voted her into office."

How does she know the request to reject the bill are not the same people who voted her into office? They kinda stop listening to the people after they get voted in.:banghead:

[otohara]

2. K&R

Important stuff here..