The Joint Finance Committee today approved spending $1 million in ARRA funding to cleanup leaky underground storage tank sites at the Chrysler Engine Plant site in Kenosha.

The funding will be allocated from a pot of nearly $6.4 million in federal stimulus funds set aside by the JFC in August for underground storage tank site remediation.

Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, voted against the measure, saying the state was being too hasty to clean up Chrysler's mess.

"They haven't come to the conclusion they have no money to do this," said Olsen of the embattled automaker.

Sen. Judy Robson, D-Beloit, joined Olsen in voting against the expenditure. She said the company previously "got U.S. money and then took jobs to Mexico. Enough."

The item passed 11-3, with Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Ashwaubenon, joining Olsen and Robson in voting against it. Rep. Robin Vos of Caledonia and Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills, both Republicans, are absent from today's meeting.

-- By Greg Bump