Republican legislative leaders want Josh Kaul to sue to allow state to use stimulus for tax cuts
Apr. 9—Republican legislative leaders on Thursday called on Democratic Attorney General
Assembly Speaker
"A state's power to control its own budget and decide its state's tax burden is a core legislative function that is constitutionally protected," Vos and LeMahieu wrote. "(The latest stimulus') restriction that states may not reduce taxes — only raise them — is an unfair limitation on the sovereign authority of the states that acted responsibly and prudently during the trying times of this pandemic."
"If the Majority Leader and Speaker would like to use federal funding to cut taxes, they should expand Badgercare, saving a huge amount of state tax money, rather than advocating for
The letter from
Still, that hasn't stopped
Evers has signaled he will veto the Republican measures.
Recent analysis
In recent days, however, it's become clear that a majority of Republican plans for spending
The nonpartisan
The federal law generally allows for the money to be spent by the end of 2024 for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; replacing revenues lost due to the pandemic; investing in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure; paying essential state workers up to
However, specific guidelines on what the federal money could be used for have not been issued, leading the
Given that there's no federal guidance yet, concerns that the money won't be spent as proposed is "based on speculation at this point," LeMahieu said.
Republican spending proposals that would be permitted, according to the
Evers last week said he plans to direct
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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