Doyle sees budget momentum
Checking in from his Chinese trade mission today, Gov. Jim Doyle said during a conference call with reporters that he is appreciates the Assembly Republicans' shift on K-12 education funding, and encouraged lawmakers to keep working to reach a full budget compromise. With hard work, the budget can be completed by the end of the week, he said.
"I think we've seen some significant movement," Doyle said from Beijing. "My view of this is it's long past due to get this done. With a good hard five days of work this week, we can get this budget done, but it does mean people are going to have to compromise. It's time now to make those compromises and get a budget in place. We are starting to see real consequences that are going to happen to the people of Wisconsin if a budget is not enacted."
Doyle reiterated his opposition to doing a piecemeal budget as Assembly Republicans have proposed. The Assembly goes to the floor tomorrow to vote on bills for funding K-12 and shared revenue, and establishing levy limits.
"There is really no way just take out one part of the budget and pass a bill on it because everything fits together," he said.
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