% OF THE UNION ADDRESS PROMOTING
% HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND INCREASED
% JOBS AND LOWER INFLATION.
% IN STATE NEWS, NEXT WEEK
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS WILL LAY OUT
% HIS VISION FOR HOW THE STATE
% SHOULD SPEND THE $7 BILLION
% SURPLUS.
% WE ASKED THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS
% AND THE GOVERNOR IF SHE SHOULD
% CRAFT A BUDGET WELCOME BY
% REPUBLICANS OR SHOULD CONTINUE
% TO INCLUDE BIG IDEAS EVEN IF
% THEY WERE DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE
% REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE.
% >> I DO SEE IT TWOFOLD.
% WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD THE
% VISION FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE
% WISCONSIN SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
% WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
% CONTINUING TO SAY THAT WORKING
% FAMILIES DESERVE BETTER AND
% HERE'S THE PATH THAT WE WOULD
% TAKE TO GET THEM THERE.
% AND WE NEED TO FIND EVERY
% OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ACROSS THE
% AISLE.
% THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET PROCESS
% DOES.
% >> A BETTER QUESTION IS THE
% GOVERNOR WILLING TO NEGOTIATE.
% IF HE WANTS TO PUT OUT A BUDGET
% WITH POLITICAL PRIORITIES THAT'S
% FINE BUT WE'LL DO WHAT WE'VE
% DONE IN THE PAST START AT THE
% BASE AND GO FORWARD.
% IF THE GOVERNOR IS WILLING TO
% WORK WITH US AND NEGOTIATE, I
% THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME OF
% THE THINGS HE WANTS TO
% ACCOMPLISH WHILE STILL DOING
% IMPORTANT TAX RELIEF, INVESTING
% IN EDUCATION, EXPANDING SCHOOL
% CHOICE.
% >> SO A REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
% MAY SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO
% LEGALIZE CANNABIS IN WISCONSIN.
% THAT'S DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
% WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPAND HEALTH
% CARE THAT'S DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
% WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT
% PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
% THAT'S DEAD ON A -- ARRIVAL
% THAT'S WHAT MOST SUPPORT.
% THEY'RE NOT PARTISAN.
% AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
% DEBATE THEM.
% FRANKLY WHEN THEY'RE INTRODUCED
% AS STAND ALONE BILLS IN THE
% LEGISLATURE THE REPUBLICAN WHO'S
% HAVE CONTROL OVER THE COMMITTEE
% PROCESS AREN'T EVEN ALLOWING US
% TO COME TO THE AND HAVE A DEBATE
% AND MEETING.
% >> IF GOVERNOR OF EVERS CHOOSES
% A WISH LIST THERE MAY BE GOOD
% IDEAS IN THERE AND IF HE CHOOSES
% TO MAKE IT SO FULL OF THINGS
% UNAPPETIZING TO REPUBLICANS WITH
% YOU WON'T HAVE THINGS TAKEN A
% SERIOUS LOOK AT.
% IT SEEMS MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE
% COUNTRY IN THE DIVIDED
% LEGISLATURES THE GOVERNOR OF ONE
% PART AND LEGISLATURE OF ANOTHER.
% THEY DON'T START OFF WITH A
% CRAZY IDEA.
% GOVERNOR DOYLE DID THAT IF YOU
% LOOK AT HOW HE PUT HIS BUDGET
% TOGETHER HE PUTTING TOGETHER
% WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE
% AS HE COULD BE AND HOPED THE
% REPUBLICANS WOULD DO THE SAME
% THING.
% HE PROBABLY GOT MORE OF WHAT HE
% WANTED THAN TONY EVERS.
% UP TO HIM TO DECIDE.
% >> FIRST, IF WE START WITH A
% COMPROMISE POSITION PEOPLE OF
% WISCONSIN WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED
% WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE SOME
% ISSUES THEY THOUGHT WERE
% IMPORTANT AND MAYBE REPUBLICANS
% IN THE LEGISLATURE DON'T.
% IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
% VALUES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT AND
% HAVE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT.