{"id":3516,"date":"2023-06-06T05:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2023-06-15T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:25:16","slug":"wisconsin-senate-republican-boss-votes-arent-there-for-share-revenue-tax-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senate Republican Boss: Votes Aren\u2019t There for Share Revenue Tax Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-senate-republican-boss-votes-arent-there-for-share-revenue-tax-changes\/tcsquare\/2023\/06\/06\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate says there are not enough Republican votes to change the plan for a Milwaukee sales tax increase.<\/p>\n

State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said on UPFRONT over the weekend that he doesn\u2019t have the 17 votes needed to pass a plan that would allow Milwaukee and Milwaukee County leaders to raise taxes, as opposed to putting the question to voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working on getting the 17 votes to do that. don\u2019t have them at this point,\u201d LeMahieu said.<\/p>\n

LeMahieu has been one of the most vocal Republican critics of the shared revenue plan from Assembly Republicans, mainly because of the tax hike specifics.<\/p>\n

LeMahieu said if voters get a say on the tax hike, they will likely say \u2018No.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI think having the challenge with having a referendum is we don\u2019t have any fall elections this year, so it would be a standalone referendum just on people raising their own, their own going out to vote to raise taxes on themselves, which is sort of a tough thing to try to convince them to do,\u201d LeMahieu added. \u201cSo I think, you know, the city council over the last couple of decades or a long time has created the pension mess that they\u2019re in. and so i think it\u2019s incumbent on them to vote to fix it themselves.<\/p>\n

LeMahieu planned to meet with Gov. Tony Evers and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Monday to talk about the next steps for the tax increases and Wisconsin\u2019s shared revenue proposal.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear what those talks will produce. The Assembly last month approved its version of the share revenue plan, and Vos said he was \u201cdone negotiating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still LeMahieu offered some hope on UPFRONT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re willing to work with the speaker, and the governor, and my caucus, and all the stakeholders involved to make sure that we get a bill that we can garner votes, that everybody can get behind and that we can pass. Hopefully it\u2019s a bipartisan bill. I know there\u2019s an interest with some democrats in the senate who want to get there and vote for it, and hopefully we can do that,\u201d LeMahieu said.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a regular contributor to The Center Square<\/a>.
\nPhoto \u201cDevin LeMahieu\u201d by Senator Devin LeMahieu<\/a>. Background Photo \u201cWisconsin State Capitol\u201d by Teemu008<\/a>. CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n

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