MADISON, Wis. – After leaving Wisconsinites high and dry by adjourning this year’s legislative session embarrassingly early and leaving mountains of work undone, Republican state lawmakers finally found the time to come back to the Capitol today. But it’s not to help Wisconsinites. It’s to throw a political tantrum.
The GOP-controlled state Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges is meeting today in a calculated effort to meritlessly oust several qualified appointees to the UW Board of Regents, all because said appointees aren’t an automatic rubber stamp for Republicans’ hyper-partisan agenda.
Today’s move from Republican lawmakers comes as they just ended one of the laziest legislative sessions in recent Wisconsin history, and they owe Wisconsinites action on an abundance of important bills.
A Better Wisconsin Together Deputy Director Mike Browne says Republican lawmakers need to get their priorities straight.
“Republican senators ended the legislative session for the year last month having failed to help families with priorities like rising costs on everything from groceries to health care and funding our public schools. Yet they had time today to come back to Madison to throw a partisan political tantrum,” said Browne. “They ought to stop throwing fits and start actually fixing problems.”
