Senate Passes Several Bills without Funding Attached, While Dems Object to ‘Unfunded Mandates’

Senate passes $17.6B bipartisan budget in early morning deal

Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session Follows a House budget that was rejected June 13 The Senate passed its $17.6 million budget proposal in the early morning of June 20 despite disagreements among Republicans over rejected amendment proposals and dissatisfaction from Democrats that affordable housing, education and homeless programs weren’t addres…

Budget causes friction as Senate passes bills without funding attached

Friction between Democrats and Republicans was on display Wednesday as the Senate passed several bills along party lines that create programs, grants and facilities without state funding attached. Republicans argued the bills need to be signed before funding is included…

Senate passes several bills without funding attached, while Dems object to ‘unfunded mandates’

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said early in today’s Senate floor debate Republicans were not attaching funding to various bills on the agenda because the caucus has “no trust” in Gov. Tony Evers’ office.  “Quite frankly there’s a trust issue...