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A Lame-Duck “Legislative Coup”: Wisconsin GOP Stages Last-Minute Power Grab Before Dems Take Office
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20:11Now PlayingRepublican lawmakers in Wisconsin are orchestrating an unprecedented power grab to weaken incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers before he takes office. In an extraordinary move that some are calling a “legislative coup,” Republican legislators worked throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning to pass a sweeping package of lameduck bills to give power to the Republicancontrolled Legislature before Republican Governor Scott Walker leaves office in January. The Republicancontrolled Wisconsin Senate passed a measure to limit the power of the Democratic governor and attorney generalelect and restrict early voting periods. Earlier Wednesday morning, the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly passed a bill enacting a Medicaid work requirement and limiting the incoming governor’s ability to change state laws requiring ablebodied adults without children to work in order to receive public benefits. We speak with Ruth Conniff, editoratlarge of the Wisconsinbased magazine The Progressive.
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