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A
FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT
AT
HOW
% MIDWEEK
GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS
% SHOWS
HOW
HE
MADE
78
VETOES TO
% THE STATE
BUDGET,
INCLUDING
% ACTION THAT
INCREASES SCHOOL
% SPENDING BY
$65
MILLION,
SAYING
% HE
OBJECTS
TO
THE
UNDERFUNDING
% OF
WISCONSIN'S
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
% CHILDREN BUT
SAYING
EVEN
HIS
% HIKES
DON'T
GO
FAR
ENOUGH.
% HE
SAYS
TD
!
THE
PLAN
IS A DOWN
% PAYMENT ON WHAT
HE
C
ALLS
THE
% PEOPLE'S BUDGET.
% HE COULD
HAVE
VETOED
THE ENTIRE
% THING, BUT
SAYS
THAT WOULD HAVE% BEEN
MORE OF
THE
SAME
% DIVISIVENESS
AND
PETTY
POLITICS.
% FOR
THEIR
PARTS,
REPUBLICAN% LEADERS
DESCRIBE
THE
VETOES
AS
% MINIMUM, A REFLECTION
OF A
GOOD
% REPUBLICAN-CRAFTED BUDGET.%->>
TODAY
I
AM
SIGNING A
MUCH
% BETTER
VERSION OF THE
% LEGISLATURE'S BUDGET, WITH
THE
% UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
ARE
% NOWHERE
NEAR
WHERE WE SHOULD
BE
% AND
THERE'S
LOTS
MORE
WORK WE
% NEED TO
DO.
% WE
WORKED HARD TO
MAKE
THIS
% BUDGET
MORE
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
% AND
THAT
INCLUDES
ADDING A
% RECORD
NEARLY
$300
MILLION
TO
% OUR
STATE'S
RAINY
DAY
FUND.
% THE
BILLS
WE
WILL
SIGN
TODAY
% DELIVER
ON
MY
CAMPAIGN
PROMISE
% TO
DELIVER A
10%
TAX
CUT
FOR
% WORKING
FAMILIES,
INCLUDING
$500
% MILLION
IN
OVERALL
TAX
CUTS
% TARGETED
TO
WORKING
MIDDLE
CLASS
% PEOPLE IN
OUR
STATE.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
THE
BUDGET
TARGETS
STATE
% INVESTMENTS MORE
RESPONSIBLY
AND
% SPENDS
$2
BILLION
LESS
THAN
THE
% GOVERNOR'S ORIGINAL
PLAN.
% I'M
RELIEVED TO
KNOW
THAT
% SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT
THE
STATE
% WILL KNOW
WHAT
RESOURCES ARE
% AVAILABLE TO
THEM
AS
THEY
BEGIN
% PUTTING THEIR
BUDGETS
TOGETHER% FOR
THE
UPCOMING
SCHOOL
YEAR,
% INCLUDING A
MASSIVE
INCREASE
I
N
% SPECIAL EDUCATION
FUNDING.
% >>
WPR
CAPITOL
BUREAU
REPORTER
% LAUREL
WHITE
HAS
COVERED THE
% BUDGET FROM START
TO
FINISH
AND
% SHOW JOINS
US
NOW
WITH
DETAILS.% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
FIRST OUT OF
THE
GATES, WHAT
% WILL
THE
EVERS'
VETO
BOOST
MEAN
% TO
SCHOOLS?
% >>
IT'S
ABOUT
$63
PER
PUPILS
IN
% THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS OF
THE
STATE
% BUDGET,
WHICH
IS A
LITTLE
BIT% MORE THAN
EVEN
THE WISCONSIN% ASSOCIATION OF SCHOO
L
BOARDS
% ASKED FOR
EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
% THEY
WANTED
$25
MORE.
% THEY
SAID
THAT
WOULD
HELP
THEM
% MEET THE
RISING COST
OF
% INFLATION.
% SO
THE
GOVERNOR
WENT
ABOVE
AND
% BEYOND FOR
THEM.% >>
WE
HEARD
MAJORITY
LEADER
% FITZGERALD
APPLAUD
THE
CERTAINTY
% FOR
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS,
ALMOST
% LIKE HE WAS
GLAD
THE
GOVERNOR
% MADE
THESE
HIKES.% >>
YES.
% SO
PART OF
THE
CONVERSATION
% ABOUT
POTENTIAL CHANGES
TO
THE
% STATE
BUDGET
OR
OVERALL
VETO
WAS
% PUSHING
NEGOTIATIONS INTO THE
% FALL.
% AND
THE
RAMIFICATIONS
OF
THAT
% ARE
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AREN'T
% GOING
TO
KNOW
WHAT
MONEY THEY% HAVE,
SO
THE GOVERNOR
TAKING
THE
% ACTION
HE
DID
TODAY
SET
UP
THAT
% CERTAINTY AND
I
THINK
THAT'S
% WHAT
FITZGERALD WAS
NODDING
TO.
% >>
AND
EVEN
THOUGH
THE
GOVERNOR
% INCREASED THAT
SPENDING
TO
K-12
% EVEN ABOVE
WHAT
THE
SCHOOL
% BOARDS
WANTED,
HE
STILL
CALLS
% HIS
INCREASES
INSUFFICIENT
AND
% CONTINUES, A
S
YOU
KNOW,
TO
CALL
% FOR
WISCONSIN
TO
EXPAND
MEDICAID
% AND HE
WANTS
TO
GAS TAX.
% IN
FACT,
HE
MADE A
POINTED
VETO
% IN
THE
TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET
% AGAINST A
STUDY
ON
TOLLING,
% SAYING
THAT
ACTUALLY
THAT
STUDY
% WOULD
SIMPLY
SHOW A
TAX
GAS
IS% WHAT IS
NECESSARY FOR
FUNDING
% FOR TRANSPORTATION.
% WHAT
ELSE
DID
THE
GOVERNOR DO
ON
% TRANSPORTATION IN
HIS
VETOES?
% >> SO THIS I
S
ONE
THAT
FOLKS
% MIGHT REMEMBER KIND OF
COMING UP
% LATE
I
N
BUDGET
NEGOTIATIONS LAST
% WEEK.%THERE
WAS A
PROVISION
THAT WOULD
% HAVE
ALLOWED
TEST
!
TESLA
VEHICLES TO
% BE SOLD
DIRECTLY
TO
CONSUMERS
% OUT A
CAR
DEALER.
% THAT
WAS
PEGGED
TO
ONE
% REPUBLICAN
STATE
SENATOR
WHO% MIGHT HAVE
BEEN
IFFY
IN
HIS
VOTE% ON THE
BUDGET.
% THE GOVERNOR
CLEARLY WASN'T
% HAPPY
WITH
THAT
ADDITION TO
THE
% BUDGET.
% HE
VETOED
THAT.
% HE SAID
THAT
HE
DIDN'T
THINK
% THAT
SORT
OF
POLICY
CHANGE% SHOULD BE
INCLUDED
IN
THE
BUDGET
% WITHOUT MORE KIND
OF
DEBATE
AND
% DELIBERATION.%>> SO
I
WONDER
WHAT
THE
SENATOR
% THINKS ABOUT
THAT,
HAVING
BEEN
% OFFERED
THAT,
AMONG
SOME
OTHER
% THINGS
FOR
HIS
YES
VOTE
TO
PUSH
% THIS BUDGET
THROUGH.% >>
RIGHT.
% >>
SO ON
THE
WORK
REQUIREMENTS
% FOR
FOODSHARE, THIS
IS
ANOTHER
% AREA THAT
THE
GOVERNOR TOOK
OUT
% HIS
VETO
PEN
ON.
%
HE
CUT
FUNDING
FOR
BASICALLY THE
% ADMINISTRATION OF
THAT
PROGRAM,
% PRESUMABLY MEANING
THAT
THE% ABILITY
TO
ENFORCE
THAT
PROGRAM,
% THE
PROVISIONS OF
THAT, WOULD
BE
% STYMIED.
% SPEAKER VOS
TO
THAT
KIND
OF
% THING
AND
THAT
VETO
SAID,
QUOTE,
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
SEEMS
INTENT ON
% TRAPPING
PEOPLE
ON
WELFARE.
% HE
SEEMS
DECIDEDLY
MORE
UNHAPPY
% WITH THIS
BUDGET
THAN
SENATOR
% FITZGERALD.%>> ABSOLUTELY.
% I
THINK
SPEAKER
VOS
REALLY CAME
% OUT WITH KIN
D
OF AN
AGGRESSIVE
% AND
POINTED
COMMENT
ON
THAT
% PARTICULAR ELEMENT
OF
THE
% GOVERNOR'S VETOES.
% YOU
KNOW,
HE
ZEROED IN
ON
THAT% OF
THE
78
VETOES
AND
REALLY
% EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERN.
% NOW, I
THINK
IT'S
INTERESTING TO
% NOTE THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE
% SAID
THAT
THIS
WON'T
COMPLETELY
% STYMIE IMPLEMENTATION
OF
THOSE
% WORK REQUIREMENTS.
% THERE WILL
BE
SOME
STILL
IN
% PLACE.
% IT TAKES
AWAY MORE
THAN
$20
% MILLION FROM
IMPLEMENTING
THOSE.
% SPEAKER VOS IS
CONCERNED.
% ANOTHER
HIGH-PROFILE
REPUBLICAN% THAT'S
CONCERNED,
REPRESENTATIVE
% JOHN
NYGREN,
WHO
CO-CHAIRS
THE
% STATE
BUDGET
COMMITTEE.% >>
AND
SPEAKER
VOS
IS
ONE
THAT
% HAS
REPEATEDLY CALLED
THE
% EXPANSION OF
MEDICAID
THE
% EXPANSION OF
WELFARE.
% SO THIS
IS A
PLACE
WHERE
HE,
AS
% YOU
SAY,
IS
KIND
OF
FOCUSING
% SOME
OF
HIS
ATTENTION.
% NOW, ALL
THE
DEMOCRATS IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE
VOTED
AGAINST
THE
% BUDGET, WHICH
WAS,
AGAIN,
SIGNED
% TODAY.
% SCOTT FITZGERALD
TWEETED,
QUOTE,% I
HAVE
NEVER
SEEN SO MANY
NO
% VOTES
LINED
UP
AT A
PODIUM
FOR A
% BILL
SIGNING
BEFORE.
% IS THERE
ANY
LINGERING SENSE
% AMONG
ANY
LEGISLATORS
OR
OTHERS
% THAT GOVERNOR
EVERS SHOULD
HAVE
% VETOED
THE
WHOLE
THING?
% >>
I
CERTAINLY HAVEN'T
HEARD
% THAT
SINCE
THE
GOVERNOR
RELEASED
% HIS
VETO
MESSAGE.
% I
THINK
DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKERS
ARE
% REALLY MORE
IN
THE
CAMP
NOW
OF
% SAYING LOOK
AT
WHAT WE WERE
ABLE
% TO
ACCOMPLISH
BECAUSE WE
HAVE A
% DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR.
% THEY'RE SORT
OF
FRAMING
THIS
AS
% THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
MOVING
% THE
NEEDLE ON
THE
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED%LEGISL
ATURE AND
GETTING
% REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
T
O
APPROVE
% MORE
FUNDING, DIFFERENT
FUNDING
% FOR
DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS,
FOCUSING
% ON AN INCOME
TAX
CUT
ON
% LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUALS, THINGS% LIKE
THAT.% >>
DOES
THE
REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATURE HAVE
THE
TWO-THIRDS% VOTES
NEEDED
TO
OVERRIDE ANY
OF
% THESE
VETOES?
% >> NO,
THEY DON'T.
% WE KNOW
THAT
REPUBLICANS
% OBVIOUSLY
HAVE
LARGE
MAJORITIES,% PARTICULARLY IN
THE
ASSEMBLY,
% BUT
THEY
DON'T
HAVE
THE
% TWO-THIRDS
MAJORITY
TO
OVERRIDE
% THESE UNLESS
DEMOCRATS
COME
% ONBOARD.%>> YEAH.
% SO I
KNOW
THAT GOVERNOR EVERS
% WAS
SPEAKING
TO
THIS
BEING
AGAIN
% KIND
OF AN
INSUFFICIENT
BUDGET
% IN
HIS
MIND
AND
LOOKING TOWARD
% SEPTEMBER,
LOOKING
TOWARD
HIS
% NEXT PRIORITIES.
% WHAT WERE
SOME
OF
THOSE?
% >> SOME GOVERNOR
EVERS
IS
% ALREADY
TALKING
ABOUT
% REINTRODUCING THE
MEDICAID
% EXPANSION AS
STAND-ALONE
% LEGISLATION.
% OBVIOUSLY, THAT
WOULD
FACE A
% REALLY STEEP CLIMB IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE.
% HE'S
ALSO
TALKING
ABOUT A
% NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING%CO
MMISSION IN WISCONSIN.
% OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S
PARTICULARLY% TIMELY BECAUSE OF T
HE SUPREME
% COURT DECISION LAST WEEK.
% HE SAYS
HE'S
GOING
TO
PUSH
% REALLY
HARD FOR THAT.
% AND
HE
ALSO
MENTIONED
MEDICAL
% MARIJUANA.
% THAT
IS
SOMETHING
HE
INCLUDED AS
% WELL
AS
DECRIMINALIZING SMALL
% AMOUNTS OF
MARIJUANA.
% SPEAKER VOS HAS
SAID
HE MIGHT
BE
% OPEN
TO
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA IN
% WISCONSIN.
% SO
I'M
EXPECTING THAT TO
BE A
% BIG DEBATE IN
THE
FALL.% >>
SO
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA MIGHT
BE% A GO
BUT
I
WOULD
SUGGEST
THAT
% EXPANDED
MEDICAID
WOULD
NOT
OR
% REDISTRICTING.%>>
PROBABLY NOT.
% I
THINK
THOSE
FACE
TOUGHER
ODDS.
% >>