Wisconsin Senate’s informal ‘rule of 17’ bypassed dozens of times in past 20 years, records show
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A statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment stands at the King Street entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo by David Wise, September 2024.
Dozens of bills have passed the state Senate since 2003 with fewer than 17 votes from the majority party, according to a spreadsheet Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu’s office shared with WisPolitics.
The lone exception was the 2021-22 session, LeMahieu’s first leading the GOP caucus.
While high-profile bills to allow online gaming and provide state money to three campuses to free up funds for ...
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