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
EDUCATION 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
STATE 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