Here and Now | Wisconsin's 2023-25 Budget Heads to Evers for Veto Process | Season 2100 | Episode 21

WISCONSIN.

>> THE NEARLY 99 BILLION DOLLAR BIANNUAL STATE BUDGET FINISHED ITS JOURNEY THROUGH THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK PASSING ALONG PARTY LINES AND HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK WHERE HE HAS PROMISED AN ABUNDANCE OF PARTIAL VETOES IF HE DOESN'T VETO THE BUDGET IN FULL.

REPUBLICANS HERALDED THE TAX CUTS AS A TRIUMPH WHILE DEMOCRATS ASSAILED THEM.

>> I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE DOCUMENT PRESENTED TODAY.

IT FOCUSES ON THE PRIORITIES WE HEARD AND KNOW WISCONSINITES WANTS.

IT'S ENSURING WE CAN AFFORD IT FOR THE LONG-TERM, MAKING SURE WE INVEST IN OUR PRIORITIES EVERYTHING FROM POLICE AND FIRE TO ENSURING WE HAVE GREAT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE AND THEN ULTIMATELY RETURNING A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK, ALMOST HALF OF THE DOLLARS THAT WERE OVERTAKEN FROM THE CITIZENS OF WISCONSIN BACK TO THEM IN INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX CUTS.

>> TODAY I URGE MY GOP COLLEAGUES TO PROVIDE TARGETED TAX RELIEF TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES AND MAIN-STREET BUSINESSES WHO ARE THE BACK BONEBONE OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

EVERY WISCONSINITE SHOULD KNOW REPUBLICANS ARE CHOOSING TO GIVE

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