POLL
IN
% AUGUST FOUND
80%
APPROVAL
FOR
% UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUNDS
CHECKS
AND
% RED FLAG
LAWS
IN
WISCONSIN.
% BEARING THAT
IN
MINDS,
GOVERNOR% TONY EVERS
THIS
WEEK
CALLED A
% SPECIAL
SESSION
FOR
NOVEMBER 7
% TO TAKE
UP
BOTH
GUN
CONTROL
% MEASURES.
% BUT
REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATIVE% LEADERS
IMMEDIATELY
THREW COLD
% WATER ON THE
IDEA.
% FOR
MORE
ON
THIS
SPECIAL
SESSION
% TUG-OF-WAR, WE
GO
TO
THE
STATE
% CAPITOL,
WHERE
CAPITOL
REPORTER
% LAUREL WHITE JOINS US.
% THANKS FOR
BEING
HERE.% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
IN
FAIRNESS,
SPEAKERS
VOS
AND
% SENATE
MAJORITY
LEADER
% FITZGERALD DID MORE
THAN
JUST
% THROW COLD WATER O
N
THIS
% SESSION.%>> THAT'S RIGHT.
% SO GOVERNOR EVERS HAS BEEN
% TALKING ABOUT
THESE
TWO
SPECIFIC
% PROPOSALS HE
WANTS TO
SEE
% DEBATED
DURING A SPECIAL
% SESSION.
% BECAUSE
OF
THAT,
REPUBLICAN
% LEADERS SAY THEY
KNOW
THEY'RE
% CONFIDENT THEY DON'T
HAVE
THE
% VOTES TO
PASS
EITHER
OF
THOSE
% BILLS.
% SPECIFICALLY,
SCOTT
FITZGERALD
% SAID
HIS
MEMBERS
HAVEN'T BEEN
% ABLE
T
O COME
UP
WITH
ANY
% ALTERNATIVE PLAN
THAT THEY
WOULD
% RATHER VOTE
ON.
% SO
HE
SAYS
THEY'RE
GOING
TO
% CONVENE THE SPECIAL SESSION AND%
THEN
IMMEDIATELY
END
IT
WITHOUT
% HAVING
ANY
DEBATE
OR
HOLDING
ANY
% VOTES.
% >>
SO
GAVELING
IN
AND
GAVELING% OUT?
% AND THAT IS
ALLOWED, I
TRUST?
% >> IT IS.
% SO
WHEN
THE
GOVERNOR
CALLS A
% SPECIAL
SESSION,
HE
CAN'T
COMPEL
% THEM TO
VOTE
ON
ANYTHING IN
% PARTICULAR OR
TAKE
ANY
VOTES AT
% ALL.
% THE
ONLY
THING
HE
CAN
COMPEL
% THEM TO
DO
IS
BEGIN
AND
END
THAT
% SPECIAL SESSION.%>>
NOW,
REPUBLICANS SAY
THAT
% THESE
MEASURES
ARE
TANTAMOUNT
TO
% CONFISCATING GUNS.
% ONE OF
THE
MEASURES
WOULD
ALLOW
% SOMEONE'S GUNS TO BE
REMOVED.% >>
UNDER
THE
RED
FLAG
PROPOSAL,% A
JUDGE
COULD
TEMPORARILY REVOKE
% SOMEONE'S GUN
RIGHTS
IF THEY
ARE
% FLAGGED BY
SOMEONE WHO
KNOWS
% THEM, A FRIEND
OR
FAMILY
MEMBER,
% AS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO
% THEMSELVES OR
OTHERS.
% UNDER
ANOTHER
PROPOSAL,
THE
% BACKGROUND CHECK
PROPOSAL,
% BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR
GUN
SALES
% IN
WISCONSIN WOULD
BE
EXPANDED
% TO
PRIVATE
SALES.
% THOSE SALES
CURRENTLY AREN'T
% SUBJECT TO
BACKGROUND
CHECKS.
% AND
PRIVATE
SALES
AT
GUN
SHOWS% AS
WELL.%
>>
EVERS
SAID,
QUOTE,
AT
THE
END% OF
THE
DAY, HOW
MANY
TIMES CAN
% YOU
GO
AGAINST
80% OF THE
PEOPLE% OF
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
AND
% ESSENTIALLY TELL
THEM
TO
GO
TO
% HELL AND AT THE SAME
TIME
EXPECT% TO
BE
REELECTED.
% THIS
DOES
NOT
MAK
E
SENSE
TO
ME.
% SCOTT
FITZGERALD
IN
PARTICULAR
% WOULD SEEM
AT
THIS
MOMENT
CANNOT
% CONSIDER
GUN
CONTROL
% POLITICALLY.%>> THAT'S
RIGHT.
% SO
THE
SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER
% SAYS THAT
HE'S
VERY
CONFIDENT
% THAT HE
KNOWS
WHAT
HIS
% CONSTITUENTS WANT
HIM
TO
D
O
% REGARDING GUN
CONTROL.
% HE SAYS
HE
HAS
PRETTY
PROFOUND
% CONCERNS
ABOUT
SECOND
AMENDMENT% RIGHTS
AND
DUE
PROCESS
RIGHTS,
% ABOUT
THESE
TWO
PROPOSALS,
AND
% HE
SAYS
THERE
JUST
ISN'T
THE
% SUPPORT THERE
IN A
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED%LEGISL
ATURE.% >> AND HE
HAS
THROWN HIS HAT
IN
% THE
RING
FOR
THE
FIFTH
% CONGRESSIONAL
RACE?
% >> THAT'S RIGHT.
% HE
IS
THE
FIRST
REPUBLICAN
AND
% ONLY
REPUBLICAN AS
OF
RIGHT
NOW
% TO ANNOUNCE
FOR
THAT
RACE.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% LAUREL
WHITE,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH.
% AND
WE'LL
BE
TALKING WITH YOU
% SOON.%>>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
SPECIAL
SESSIONS
HAVE
% HISTORICALLY
PLAYED A UNIQUE
% ROLE
IN
THE
LEGISLATURE.
% MARISA
WOJCIK BRINGS
US
THESE
% FAST
FACTS
ON
SPECIAL
SESSIONS.
% >> THIS
EK
!
WEEK, GOVERNOR
EVERS
% CALLED ON
THE
LEGISLATURE TO
% HOLD A
SPECIAL
SESSION
TO
% ADDRESS TWO
BILLS
ON
GUN
% CONTROL.
% TYPICALLY,
THE
CALENDAR AND
% AGENDA
O
F
REGULAR
LEGISLATIVE
% SESSIONS
ARE
SET
BY
THE
% LEGISLATURE ITSELF.
%
BUT
WHAT
MAKES A
SPECIAL
SESSION
% SO
SPECIAL?
% A SPECIAL
SESSION
IS
CALLED
BY
% THE
GOVERNOR.
% AND
IT
MUST
ADDRESS
NEW
ISSUES
% NOT
ALREADY
BEING
CONSIDERED.
% THE
WISCONSIN
LEGISLATURE
HAS
% CONVENED
97
O
F
THESE
SPECIAL
% SESSIONS
SINCE
1848
WHEN
THE
% STATE WAS
FOUNDED.
% THE FIRST
SPECIAL SESSION
WAS
IN
% 1861,
AND
THE
MAIN
PURPOSE
WAS
% TO ADDRESS
CIVIL
WAR
POWERS.
% THE
SECOND
WAS
IN
1862,
AND
IT
% COVERED
MILITIA
ORGANIZATION,
% SOLDIERS' RIGHT
TO
VOTE,
INDIAN
% UPRISING
AND
PAYMENT
TO
MILITARY
% OFFICE EMPLOYEES.
% SOME
TOPICS COME
UP OVER
THE
% YEARS,
LIKE
COLLECTIVE
% BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS,
% UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
OR
% CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS.
% OTHER
TOPICS
ARE A
LITTLE
MORE
% UNIQUE,
SUCH
AS
WAR
ECONOMY,
% INDEMNITIES FOR
CATTLE
WITH
% TURBERCULOSIS, URBAN
PROBLEMS,
% STUDDED
TIRES
AND
CORPORATE
% HOSTILE
TAKEOVERS.
% IN THE
STATE'S
EARLY
HIS
TOARKS
% THE
LECTURE
DIDN'T
CONVENE
AS
% OFTEN
AS
IT
DOES
NOW
AND
SPECIAL
% SESSIONS
BEGAN
TO
GET
LAWMAKERS% TO
COME BACK
TO
THE
CAPITOL
TO
% ADDRESS
EMERGENCIES.
% TODAY, SPECIAL
SESSIONS
HAPPEN
% MORE
FREQUENTLY, WITH
THE
% MAJORITY
OF
THEM
HAVING BEEN
% CALLED
IN
THE
LAST
SEVERAL
% DECADES.
% THIS
HAS
LES
S
TO
DO
WITH
THE
% URGENCY OF THE
MATTERS BEING
% ADDRESSED.
% BECAUSE GOVERNORS CAN
SELECT
THE
% TIME AND
SET
THE
AGENDA OF
THE
% CALL, A
SPECIAL SESSION
ALLOWS
% THEM
TO
HIGHLIGHT
POLICY
% PROBLEMS
AND
PROPOSE
SOLUTIONS.
% THE
LEGISLATURE
MUST
RESPOND.
% AND IN
THIS
WAY,
THE
SPECIAL
% SESSION POWER
GIVES
THE
GOVERNOR% AN
ENHANCED
ROLE
IN
SETTING
THE
% LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
% FOR
THESE
AND
OTHER
FAST
FACTS,