2020 Doesn't Promise To Be Rosey For Wisconsin Legislature
Thursday, December 26th, 2019 -- 9:01 AM
It was a tough year in the Wisconsin Legislature. And 2020 doesn’t promise to be much rosier.The Associated Press reports that faced with a new Democratic governor, Republicans in control passed few bills of consequence in 2019 outside of the state budget. They so angered one another that Gov. Tony Evers spewed four-letter words in the halls of the Capitol minutes after the Senate fired one of his Cabinet secretaries, an unprecedented move. To end the year, Evers ticked off Republicans by trying to force a meeting of the Legislature’s budget committee to approve money to combat homelessness. Republicans claimed the meeting was illegal and didn’t show up. So maybe it’s no surprise that the Legislature plans to be in session only for a handful of days in 2020.
With no budget to pass, and disagreement on major issues including expanding health care access, legalizing marijuana and gun control, Republicans plan to tackle less contentious issues such as suicide prevention and bolstering adoption. Bills resulting from a clean water task force are also coming in January. Republicans are also working on a property tax cut proposal. Republican Speaker Robin Vos said he was intentionally focusing on issues that he hopes will have bipartisan support.
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