% REPORTING LABS SCHOOLS.
% AND NOW, WE TURN TO A
% POSSIBILITY THAT'S RARE IN
% POLITICAL HISTORY.
% THAT WOULD BE A LEGISLATIVE
% SUPER-MAJORITY IN WISCONSIN.
% WHILE REPUBLICANS HAVE STRONG
% MAJORITIES IN BOTH THE
% ASSEMBLY AND SENATE RIGHT NOW,
% THEY'RE STRIVING FOR EVEN
% GREATER CONTROL.
% TO MAKE THEIR LEGISLATION
% VETO-PROOF.
% HERE & NOW'S STEVEN POTTER
% BREAKS DOWN HOW REPUBLICANS
% CAN ACHIEVE A SUPER-MAJORITY
% IN THIS FAST FACTS REPORT.
% SENATE BILL 210.
% >> OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS,%
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% HAS VETOED A RECORD-SETTING
% 146 BILLS SENT TO HIM BY THE
% REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED STATE
% LEGISLATURE.
% THESE VETOES INCLUDED BILLS
% REGARDING EVERYTHING FROM%ED
UCATION AND VOTING
% RESTRICTIONS TO PANDEMIC
% POLICIES AND NEW STATE WELFARE%
REQUIREMENTS.
% BUT GOVERNOR EVERS' ABILITY TO
% VETO, OR STOP, THE LEGISLATION
% HE DISAGREES WITH COULD SOON%
COME TO AN END.
% THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
% REPUBLICANS ACHIEVE WHAT'S
% CALLED A 'SUPERMAJORITY,'
% WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE
% LEGISLATURE TO OVERRIDE A
% GOVERNOR'S VETO.
% TO DO THIS, REPUBLICANS WOULD
% NEED TO WIN ELECTIONS IN
% TWO-THIRDS OF THE SEATS IN
% BOTH THE STATE SENATE AND%ST
ATE ASSEMBLY.
% AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
% REPUBLICANS HAVE A 61 TO 38
% MAJORITY OVER DEMOCRATS IN THE
% STATE ASSEMBLY.
% THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE AN
% ADDITIONAL FIVE SEATS FROM
% DEMOCRATS IN THE UPCOMING
% NOVEMBER ELECTION TO ACHIEVE A
% 66-SEAT SUPERMAJORITY IN THAT%
CHAMBER.
% IN THE STATE SENATE,
% REPUBLICANS CURRENTLY HAVE A
% 21 TO 12 MAJORITY OVER
% DEMOCRATS.
% TO EARN A TWO-THIRDS
% SUPERMAJORITY THERE,
% REPUBLICANS WOULD NEED TO FLIP%
ONLY ONE SEAT.
% IN ORDER TO OVERRIDE A
% GOVERNOR'S VETO, BOTH THE
% STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY MUST%
VOTE TO DO SO.
% ONE CHAMBER CANNOT OVERRIDE A%
VETO ALONE.
% IN THE EVENT THAT REPUBLICAN
% CHALLENGER TIM MICHELS WINS
% THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION ON
% NOV. 8, OVERRIDING A VETO WILL
% PROVE LIKELY UNNECESSARY AS
% REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE COMPLETE
% CONTROL OVER ALL LAWMAKING
% BODIES OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
% THE LAST TIME ONE POLITICAL
% PARTY HAD A TWO-THIRDS
% SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH THE
% STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY WAS
% IN 1977 AND THE CONTROLLING
% PARTY WAS DEMOCRATS.
% AND THE LAST TIME A VETO WAS
% OVERRIDDEN WAS PART OF THE
% STATE BUDGET BILL IN 1985.
% FOR HERE & NOW, I'M STEVEN
% POTTER.