Senate approves amendment requiring governors to get legislative approval to spend federal funds
The state Senate gave final approval to sending voters a constitutional amendment in August that would bar guvs from spending federal money without legislative approval.
AJR 6 was written after Dem Gov. Tony Evers had sole authority to spend federal COVID-19 funding from the federal government. He vetoed various efforts by GOP lawmakers to dictate how the money should be spent.
The first time the ...
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