Assembly Won't Take Up Budget Next Week
The Assembly will not hold a floor session on Tuesday to vote on the budget, Majority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, announced this morning. The memo says that members should keep open July 10 as the caucus continues to work on the budget.
The Assembly GOP caucused for nine hours yesterday, ending their session at about 11:30 p.m. John Murray, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, said the caucus heard briefings from the 12 working groups assigned to different sections of the budget. Legislative Fiscal Bureau staff were on hand to answer questions from the lawmakers, but members didn't get into substantive debate of the proposals, Murray said.
The Republican caucus reconvened today at 8:30 a.m., and may meet again on Monday or Tuesday, Murray said.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats plan to meet Monday to plan an "aggressive" campaign to promote their universal health care plan.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach, the architect of the Dem plan, said it's likely he'll do town-hall style meetings in various Senate districts to discuss details of the plan.
"It's essentially the chair of the Health Committee going around asking here's the plan, how would it affect you? What would you fix?" said Erpenbach, D-Middleton.
