Republican lawmakers in Madison want a say in how the state spends billions of dollars from Washington, D.C..
State Senator Dale Kooyenga and state Rep. Bob Wittke yesterday unveiled a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the legislature control over federal dollars. Right now, lawmakers have a say in how nearly 40-billion-dollars in state money is spent. They, largely, don’t have any say in where federal money goes. They have no say whatsoever over the billions-of-dollars that Governor Tony Evers has been given as part of the national coronavirus stimulus effort.
If lawmakers agree, voters could see the proposal on the ballot as early as next year.
