{"id":3542,"date":"2023-05-20T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2023-06-15T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:25:18","slug":"top-wisconsin-senate-republican-unhappy-with-line-in-the-sand-over-shared-revenue-specifics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"Top Wisconsin Senate Republican Unhappy with \u2018Line in the Sand\u2019 over Shared Revenue Specifics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Benjamin Yount<\/h5>\n

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The prospects for Wisconsin\u2019s shared revenue plan got a bit dimmer Thursday after the top Republican in the State Senate said his half of the legislature wants a slightly different plan of their own.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told reporters Thursday morning that the Senate will hold some public hearings, then vote on a version of the shared revenue proposal that Senators agree upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that [Assembly Speaker Robin Vos] is drawing a line in the sand now with his version of the bill and stopping negotiations on the bill that not everybody\u2019s in agreement on,\u201d LeMahieu (pictured above) said.<\/p>\n

Vos declared on Wednesday that the Assembly is \u201cdone negotiating,\u201d and would not be \u201caccepting changes\u201d to the shared revenue legislation.<\/p>\n

That means the plan to share about $500 million with local governments across the state may not pass this spring.<\/p>\n

One of the issues is whether Milwaukee and Milwaukee County voters should have a say in whether their sales taxes are raised.<\/p>\n

Vos says yes, while LeMahieu is worried a tax hike vote could fail.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt likely won\u2019t include a referendum vote, because I think that would not fix the problems in my view, because I think a referendum vote would fail,\u201d LeMahieu said. \u201cSo I think the way to do it is through a vote by the common council and the county board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vos said the Assembly considered a city council and county board vote, but also said Milwaukee\u2019s mayor rejected the idea because Republicans wanted that vote to be unanimous.<\/p>\n

LeMahieu on Thursday sent a not-so-gentle reminder to Vos that the Assembly doesn\u2019t own the legislative process.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, there are two houses in the state Legislature,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do our due diligence, make sure we have a bill that at least all the stakeholders can get behind, and if the Assembly at some point refuses to take up that bill, a bill that was going to make generational changes to townships, counties, municipalities all around the state, he\u2019s going to have to answer to his caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Tony Evers has stayed out of the intra-Republican feud, and is sticking with his statement from Wednesday that said he is optimistic about future negotiations.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Common Council President Jose Perez said Thursday that he too is \u201coptimistic that we will see additional improvements\u201d in the shared revenue plan.<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square.\u00a0<\/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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