MADISON, WI (WRN) – The fight over who gets to control Wisconsin’s American Recovery Act funding will begin today (Tuesday) in Madison.
Both the State Assembly and Senate will be taking up bills today that seek to wrest control of parts of the COVID-19 relief funding from Governor Tony Evers.
The bill would require the Governor’s office to submit any plans on how they plan to use Wisconsin’s portions of the funding to the state’s Legislative Joint Finance Committee for approval before he’s allowed to spend them.
Republican leadership has said they are just doing their due diligence in providing oversight on how money is being used, and that Democrats were on board with this sort of oversight during the Obama stimulus plan.
Governor Evers’ office has said that he’s perfectly capable of handling how the money is spent, and that he was elected to do so.
The bill is likely to be vetoed if it’s passed.
