Directing funds
Senate Republicans followed the Assembly s lead a day earlier passing nearly a dozen bills that would direct how $3.2 billion in federal funds from the latest stimulus package are spent.Â
Some of the spending may not be allowed under federal rules, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Republicans, however, have pushed forward with the legislation, saying the people s representatives should have a say over allocating the money instead of one person. Republicans have also criticized Evers for providing too little detail on how he plans to spend the billions of dollars in funding.Â
Republicans in the Legislature have advocated for oversight of those funds for several months now and on Tuesday passed bills aimed at directing the governor to spend about $2.7 billion, including $1 billion on property tax cuts, $200 million on small business aid, $75 million on tourism grants, $308 million on road projects and $150 million on nursing home aid, amo
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