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State lawmakers are starting to move on the remap. Democratic caucus members are looking at their individual districts and regions and discussing how boundary lines could look like based on early census numbers.
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State Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-West Point) finds it ironic that Republican legislative leaders sent Gov. Tony Evers a letter on Monday inviting him to meet with them to âshare your plans for the federal funding as soon as possible.â
One year ago, a group of 43 GOP Wisconsin legislators sent Wisconsin members of Congress a letter urging them not to provide financial relief to state governments. Despite their protestations, under the American Rescue Plan Act, Wisconsin will receive $5.7 billion, $3.2 billion of that for the state government for pandemic recovery.Â
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu joins other GOP leaders in giving a budget response. WisEye 2/16/21
“President
Biden and Vice President Harris are delivering big time for Wisconsin. The American Rescue Plan has certainly lived up to its name and then some. In partnership with Governor Evers and Wisconsin’s Democratic Congressional delegation, they’ve put checks in the pockets of 89% of adults in Wisconsin, made it possible to administer more than 4 million vaccine doses in our state, and driven our unemployment rate down to 3.8 percent well below the national average.
“Today’s visit by the Vice President to Milwaukee, so early into the first term, drives home how committed President Biden and Vice President Harris are to getting Wisconsin families and small businesses the support they need to not only recover from the pandemic but to bounce back better. So many Wisconsinites feel both pride and relief to have a true federal partner who is committed to investing in our people and infrastructure to make our cities and our state a better place. As we begin to recover fr
Mark Born wrote, “…we invite you to meet with us to share your plans for the federal funding as soon as possible. We are eager to add your plans to the state budget discussion so that we may dedicate precious state resources to the priorities of all Wisconsinites. As we have said, we need to know where the federal funds are going so that we can direct state funds where we need them.”
They added they will begin voting on the state budget on Thursday.
“If they were really, truly sincere about the federal money they wouldn’t have introduced legislation spending it all already,” Erpenbach says, referencing their plans that probably ran afoul of federal law and were vetoed by Evers.