% >> WORK ON THE STATE BUDGET
% SLOWED DOWN THE PAST A COUPLE OF
% WEEKS AS LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS
% NEGOTIATED AMONGST THEMSELVES
% AND WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
% TONY EVERS TO REACH A COMPROMISE
% ON SHARED REVENUE FOR LOCAL
% MUNICIPALITIES.
% THE SOLUTION REQUIRED PROMISES
% FROM THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OFF ON
% A BIG INCREASE IN STATE PAYMENTS
% TO PRIVATE VOUCHER SCHOOLS, AN
% EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC
% SCHOOLS, AND DROPPING THE
% REQUIREMENT THAT MILWAUKEE GO TO
% REFERENDUM IN ORDER TO PASS AN
% INCREASE IN THEIR SALES TAX.
% THEY SAY THE BEST DEALS IN
% POLITICS ARE OFTEN THE ONES
% WHERE NO ONE COMES AWAY
% PERFECTLY HAPPY, WHICH WAS THE
% CASE THIS WEEK AS SENATE AND
% ASSEMBLY SIGNED OFF ON THE BILLS
% WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND
% BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION.
% >> THERE ARE 21 AYES, 12 NOs
% AND THE BILL IS CONCURRED IN AS
% AMENDED.%>> THIS COULD HAVE B
EEN A CLEAN
% BILL.
% IT COULD HAVE BEEN PATH WITH
% CONSENSUS AND INSTEAD
% REPUBLICANS, TO MY
% UNDERSTANDING, ARE STILL
% IN-FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY'VE
% DECIDED TO INSERT UNPOPULAR
% IDEAS INTO THIS VITALLY
% IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
% >> THERE ARE 68 AYES AND 26 NOS.
% SENATE AMENDMENT ONE IS
% CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED.
% >> PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE
% PROCESS IS GIVE-AND-TAKE.
% THERE ARE PARTS IN THE BILL THAT
% WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON
% TODAY, THAT IF IT WERE JUST ME,
% I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY,BY
% THAT'S DISAGREEMENTS EVEN
% AMONGST REPUBLICANS.
% THEN YOU ADD IN TRYING TO FIND A
% TRULY BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT.
% WE HAD TO GIVE UP ON SOME THINGS