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Wisconsin: GOP Plans to Kill Medicaid Expansion, Pot Legalization
Source: Associated Press
GOP Plans to Kill Medicaid Expansion, Pot Legalization
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content May 1, 2019, at 7:16 p.m.
BY SCOTT BAUER AND TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote of the budget-writing committee next week, including Medicaid expansion, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.
The committee's co-chairs, Rep. John Nygren and Sen. Alberta Darling said in a memo Wednesday they will fundamentally reshape the $83 billion budget by removing more than 70 policy items Evers proposed with one vote on May 9. Republicans will then work to build the budget from the ground up, starting with spending as it is currently set under the spending plan passed under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Evers' spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff had no immediate comment.
Darling and Nygren said in a joint statement they anticipated Evers would pursue many of the ideas in separate legislation. But those are nearly certain to fail in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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By Associated Press, Wire Service Content May 1, 2019, at 7:16 p.m.
BY SCOTT BAUER AND TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote of the budget-writing committee next week, including Medicaid expansion, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.
The committee's co-chairs, Rep. John Nygren and Sen. Alberta Darling said in a memo Wednesday they will fundamentally reshape the $83 billion budget by removing more than 70 policy items Evers proposed with one vote on May 9. Republicans will then work to build the budget from the ground up, starting with spending as it is currently set under the spending plan passed under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Evers' spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff had no immediate comment.
Darling and Nygren said in a joint statement they anticipated Evers would pursue many of the ideas in separate legislation. But those are nearly certain to fail in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2019-05-01/gop-plans-to-kill-medicaid-expansion-pot-legalization
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