He demands Assembly meet in-person. That “could kill me,” Rep. Jimmy Anderson says. By Bruce Murphy - Dec 28th, 2020 03:52 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. File photo by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
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Robin Vos has declared that the 99 members of the lower house must meet in-person when the Legislature convenes in January.
“People all across Wisconsin safely go to work every day and members of the Assembly are capable of doing so as well,” Vos in an emailed statement first reported by the Up North News. “Congress met this week to pass legislation and in January we will meet safely, like other legislatures across the country have done during the pandemic.”
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About two hours into a joint legislative hearing Friday, state Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said he had enough of the âshamâ gathering called by Republican lawmakers to investigate the Nov. 3 election.
âMaybe that will speed things up a bit,â joked Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who oversaw the daylong hearing before two legislative elections committees.
The terse exchange was repeated several times until all five of the Democratic lawmakers walked or logged out of the hearing, which some had attended by video.
Fridayâs event at the Wisconsin State Capitol was the latest in a series of hearings held by Republican lawmakers in swing states aimed at challenging President-elect Joe Bidenâs win over President Donald Trump. A partial recount called by Trumpâs campaign in heavily Democratic Milwaukee and Dane counties affirmed Bidenâs 20,600-vote victory in Wis