Republicans in Wisconsin Trying to Reign in Governor's Veto Power
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 -- 10:54 AM
(WRN) -A proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution would limit a governor's ability to use the veto power to increase spending in the state budget.Republican state Senator Dave Craig is the author.
"By passing this resolution the legislature will consider the historic trend to prevent gubernatorial intervention into the legislature's purview, regardless of which party holds the executive branch. And this would shield taxpayers from further unauthorized spending increases in the future. This has been an ongoing, evolutionary process, by which I think the legislature, the people of Wisconsin and the courts have all winnowed that authority to the concept that the governor cannot use the line item veto, the partial veto authority, to increase funds."
Craig said he received feedback from constituents, after Governor Tony Evers used the veto authority to move an additional 65 million to K-12 schools in the current budget. An Evers' spokeswoman said it's "unfortunate that Republicans are upset" over the governor's use of the veto to provide more money to schools.
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