TUESDAY THE
STATE
SENATE
%UNANIMOUSLY
PASSED ONE
OF
EIGHT
%REPUBLICAN
BILLS
ADDRESSING
%HOMELESSNESS.%IN TONIGHT'S L
OOK
AHEAD,
WE
%CHECK
I
N ON
THE
REMAINING
%LEGISLATION THAT
DESPITE
%BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IS
NOT
MOVING
%FORWARD.
% >> ALL MEMBERS
VOT
E IN
THE
%AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION.
% >> THERE ARE
3
1
AYES.
% >> THE
STATE'S
FIRST
FLOOR
%SESSION HAD
HOURS
OF
DEBATE
EVEN
%FOR A BILL
THAT
PASSED
WITH
%
UNANIMOUS
BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT.
%AS
MOVEMENT ON
THE
ISSUE
OF
%
HOMELESS
FUNDING
HAS
PROVEN TO
%BE
A
ROCKY
ROAD.
%THE BILL
THAT
PASSED
PROVIDES
A
%TOTAL O
F
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
TO
%HOMELESS
SHEALTSERS
ACROSS
%
WISCONSIN --
SHELTERS ACROSS
%
WISCONSIN AND WAS
ORIGINALLY
A
%PART OF A PACKAGE
OF
EIGHT
%REPUBLICAN BILLS
AIMED
AT
%CURBING
HOMELESSNESS WITH A
%VARIETY
OF
MEASURES F
ROM
%EMERGENCY
TO
PREVENTIVE
%PROGRAMS.% >> REALLY THE FO
CUS IS TRYING TO
%MAKE AN
IMPACT ON
THE
%HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM FROM
%BEGINNING
TO
END.
% >> STATE
DATA
SAYS
IN
2018
THERE
%WERE
22,000
HOMELESS
I
N
%WISCONSIN.
%AND
40%
O
F
THOSE
WERE
FAMILIES.
%THE
SAME
YEAR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
RECORDED
%ALMOST
19,000
HOMELESS STUDENTS
%IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
%STATE.
%
ALL EIGHT
PIECES
OF
LEGISLATION
%PASSED
THE
ASSEMBLY
LAST
JUNE
%WITH
UNANIMOUS
PUERTO
SUPPORT,
A
%
99-0
VOTE.
%THEY
SIT
I
N
SENATE
COMMITTEES,
%STALLED
SINCE
LAST
FALL.
% >> THE
REPUBLICAN
LEADER OF
THE
%SENATE IS
NOT GOING
TO
BRING
ANY
%BILL TO
THE
FLOOR
THAT
NEEDS
%A
DEMOCRATIC
VOTES
TO
PASS.
%
>> JOE
VOLK,
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR%OF
THE
WISCONSIN COALITION
%AGAINST
HOMELESSNESS,
SAYS A
FEW
%KEY
REPUBLICAN
SENATORS
OPPOSED
%THE LEGISLATION ARE
PREVENTING
%THE
SENATE
MAJORITY
LEADER
FROM
%BRINGING
THEM TO
THE
FLOOR.
%HE
SAYS
THE
SHELTER
FUNDING
%PRACTICESSED THE
SENATE
TUESDAY
%BECAUSE
MANY
HOMELESS
ARE
BEING
%LEFT ON THE
WIN
T
STREETS.
% >> WE'RE
ABLE TO MAKE
THE
CAS
E
%IN THE
VERY
COLD
SEASON,
WHEN
%IT'S
MINUS
ZERO
I
N
MAN
Y
PARTS OF
%THE
STATE.
% >> REPORTS SAY
SOME
REPUBLICAN
%SENATORS HAVE
CONCERNS
ABOUT
%SPENDING MORE
MONEY.
%THE
COST OF
THIS
HOMELESS
%PACKAGE WOULD BE
LESS
THAN
%$4 MILLION
ANNUALLY.
%FAR LESS
THAN
WHAT
NEIGHBORING
%STATES
SPEND.
% >> YOU KNOW,
ILLINOIS IS U
P
T
O
%
22 MILLION.
%MICHIGAN IS UP
TO
26 MILLION.
%AGAIN,
MINNESOTA
OVER
%40 MILLION.%THEY ARE HAVING
AN
IMPACT
IN
%THOSE
STATES.
% >> THE JOINT
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
%HAS ALREADY
SET
ASIDE
THE
%FUNDING
FOR
ALL
EIGHT
BILLS.
% >> THE AMOUNT
OF
MONEY
THAT
IS
%REQUIRED IN
THE
LEGISLATION%WE'RE
ABOUT
TO
VOTE
ON
HAS
%
ALREADY BEEN
SET
ASIDE FOR
T
HAT
%PARTICULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION,
%NOTHING
ELSE.
% >> BECAUSE THE
MAJORITY OF
%REPUBLICANS SUPPORT
THE
ENTIRE
%HOMELESS BILL
PACKAGE,
THERE'S
A
%DISCONNECT AS TO WHY
THEY
CAN'T
%MOVE
IT
FORWARD.
% >> JUST
ONE
BILL
WON'T DO
IT.
%AND ONE
DISCUSSION ON
THE
FLOOR
%WON'T DO
IT.
%AND
I
HOPE
THAT IN
THE
FUTURE,%WE
CAN HAVE
A
FULL
COURT
PRESS
%ON THIS ISSUE
OF
HOMELESSNESS.
% >>> SCOTT
FITZGERALD
SAYS
%THERE'S A
POSSIBILITY SOME OF
%THE HOMELESS
BILLS
COULD
REACH
%THE
SENATE
FLOR
NEXT
MONTH.
%
>>> DEMOCRATS LAID
OUT
THEIR
%IMPEACHMENT.
%REPUBLICANS
DEFENSE
BEGINS
OVER
%THE COMING
WEEKEND.
%WISCONSIN U.S.
SENATORS ARE
%PREDICTLY
DIVIDED --
PREDICTEDLY
%DIVIDED ON THE
PROCEEDINGS.
%TAM EWE
--
TAMMY
BALDWIN,
SAID
%THEY
MADE
COMPELLING
EVIDENCE%THAT THE
PRESIDENT
ABUSED
HIS
%POWER FOR
PERSONAL
POLITICAL
%GAIN AND
THEN
OBSTRUCTED
%
CONGRESS.%THE
PRESENTACE
RAISES
SERIOUS
%QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
THE
%WHITE HOUSE
HAS
WITHHELD
%CRITICAL DOCUMENTS AND
PREVENTED
%RELEVANT
WITNESSES ABOUT
%TESTIFYING ABOUT
THEIR
FIRSTHAND
%KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT
PRESIDENT'S
%ACTIONS.
%REPUBLICAN SENATOR RON JOHNSON
%SAID,
QUOTE,
THE
HOUSE
WAS IN
A
%RUSH TO DO THIS
IMPEACHMENT.
%THEY DID
FROM
MY
STANDPOINT
A
%PRETTY SLOPPY
JOB.
%THEY'RE ASKING
U
S TO
DO
WHAT
%THEY SHOULD HAVE
DONE IN
A
MORE
%THOROUGH IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.%YOU
CAN
FOLLOW
LIVE
COVERAGE OF
%THE
TRUMP
IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL
THIS
%WEEKEND
ONLINE WITH
THE
NEWS