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TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
Sat Mar 6, 2021, 05:47 PM Mar 2021

Republicans introduce bill to give GOP-led Legislature oversight over federal COVID-19 dollars

Wisconsin Republicans have reintroduced a measure already vetoed once by Gov. Tony Evers that would give the GOP-led Legislature oversight over how future federal COVID-19 dollars are spent.

Shortly after the bill was introduced Friday, Evers' spokeswoman Britt Cudaback confirmed that the governor would veto the bill again if it reaches his desk.

In a joint statement, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said the proposed legislation would grant the Republican-controlled budget committee authority over the approximately $5.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds the state would receive through the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 bill.

The proposed bill mirrors a measure that was included in a Republican COVID-19 relief package that Evers vetoed in early February. The Democratic governor has strongly opposed granting Republicans in the Legislature authority over how federal dollars are spent, noting that such a proposal could slow down the state's ability to allocate those funds.

Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/republicans-introduce-bill-to-give-gop-led-legislature-oversight-over-federal-covid-19-dollars/article_420e286b-1e80-5b7c-b0db-a95ac2e75f73.html
(Racine Journal Times)

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Republicans introduce bill to give GOP-led Legislature oversight over federal COVID-19 dollars (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
Thank you Gov. Evers!! aeromanKC Mar 2021 #1
Wake up Wisconsinites. kacekwl Mar 2021 #2
Republicans fo not want Democrats to do their jobs ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #3
Prevent or nullify anything good the Dems do. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #5
Heaven only knows what Republicans would insist it be spent on. Ohiogal Mar 2021 #4
Republicans didn't want the relief bill to pass, but now they... brush Mar 2021 #6
Lol jorgevlorgan Mar 2021 #7
Those Neanderthals make me sick. Talitha Mar 2021 #8

brush

(53,470 posts)
6. Republicans didn't want the relief bill to pass, but now they...
Sat Mar 6, 2021, 06:07 PM
Mar 2021

want to control the money it sends to the state.

Can there be worst people in the world?

jorgevlorgan

(8,228 posts)
7. Lol
Sat Mar 6, 2021, 06:19 PM
Mar 2021

Republicans in wisconsin still think they have a trifecta. Idiots think they can still bully their way through everything.

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