@WisGOP want 31% hike In expenses for selves; oppose minimum wage increase

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@WisGOP want 31% hike In expenses for selves; oppose minimum wage increase http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/02/03/senators-want-31-hike-in-expenses/#wiunion #wiright

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Matt Rothschild
Senators Want 31% Hike In Expenses

Republicans want per diem pay raise, but oppose minimum wage increase for state workers.
By Matt Rothschild, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Feb 3rd, 2017 10:15 am
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The Republican-held state Senate is looking at a 31 percent hike in the daily expense allowance (called per diems) they can claim when working in Madison.

The current expense allowance lets most state senators claim up to $88 each day in addition to their $50,950 yearly salary. Senators who live in Dane County may only claim up to $44 a day when on state business.

Senate leaders are interested in hiking the maximum allowance to $115 a day this year.

Last year, state senators claimed a total of nearly $201,000 in per diems, led by GOP Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, of Juneau, who claimed about $14,300. The expense allowance is meant to cover travel, lodging and meals. Senators may claim the entire allowable amount without submitting receipts for their expense, and pocket any difference left over.

Unlike regular legislative policy and spending proposals that require approval from the entire 33-member Senate, a per diem increase would only need a vote from the five-member Senate Organization Committee, which has three Republican and two Democratic leaders on it........................

[irisblue]

1. how republican of them.

[dembotoz]

2. coming attractions for the rest of you?