MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Republican bills aimed at getting more Wisconsinites back to work are likely to draw vetoes from Governor Tony Evers.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday that wouldn’t fly in the face of a statewide April referendum in which more than three-quarters of people voted ‘yes’ on a nonbinding ballot question asking if able-bodied adults should have to look for work to receive government assistance.
“Hopefully Governor Evers looks at the results of what happened around the state, realizes that he should have probably signed them before, and that most of these bills should be bipartisan. I hope all of them would be,” said Vos.
Evers previously vetoed similar bills. Democrats noted the state’s unemployment rate stood at 2.5% in March, and suggested state funding for child care, affordable housing and better public transit would be more effective in filling job vacancies.
The bills passed the Assembly on partisan votes Tuesday.
