Wisconsin Republicans say they will immediately gavel out special session on expanding BadgerCare
May 19, 2021 3:54 PM Jaymes Langrehr
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MADISON, Wis. Republican leadership in Wisconsin’s state legislature say they will immediately gavel out of a special session ordered by Gov. Tony Evers to address Medicaid expansion next week.
The governor signed an executive order calling for the special session next Tuesday to take up a bill that would use nearly a billion dollars in federal stimulus money tied to expanding Medicaid on dozens of projects across the state.
“We’re not only going to expand access to healthcare for tens of thousands of people across our state, we’re going to use that $1 billion we’d save and put it toward making sure our economy can bounce back and recover from this pandemic,” Gov. Evers said earlier Wednesday.
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Republicans have repeatedly stood in the way of relief for Wisconsinites. At the height of the pandemic, Republicans refused to call a floor session for more than 300 days despite Democratic calls for additional relief for families and small businesses. And recently, Republicans completely gutted the governor’s Badger Bounceback budget, including measures to expand Medicaid and invest in broadband and infrastructure.
“Once again, Rebecca Kleefisch and Wisconsin Republicans are advocating ripping away benefits from hardworking families and slowing down our state’s economic recovery,” said
Kayla Anderson. “Economists, industry leaders, and business owners alike agree that child care and health care are huge drivers in getting people back to work, and that rejecting the federal unemployment benefit is a mistake. Kleefisch is already reminding voters why they kicked the Walker-Kleefisch administration out of office. If Republicans in the legislature are concerned about the s