Contact: Sen. Tim Carpenter, (608) 266-8535 (MADISON) – Today, Senator Tim Carpenter announced he will introduce a bill that will require a 2/3 vote for passage of bills, resolutions and appointments in any future legislative “lame duck” sessions. “Governor Walker’s legacy has been severely tarnished by his hypocritical action in

Contact: Scott Fitzgerald (608)-266-5660 [Madison, WI] — Following Governor Scott Walker’s public signing of bills passed by the Senate and Assembly during the extraordinary session, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald issued the following statement: “Today’s bill signing by Governor Walker helps protect reforms that have been eight years in the

Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 GREEN BAY – Governor Scott Walker today signed Senate Bills 883, 884, and 886 into law. “Despite all the hype and hysteria out there, these bills do nothing to fundamentally diminish executive authority,” Governor Walker said. “The bottom line is the new governor will continue

Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement after Governor Walker took action on the extraordinary session bills. “I would like to thank Governor Walker for signing the extraordinary session proposals into law. Through his actions, he’s acknowledging the importance of the legislature as a

CONTACT: Michael Tierney, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) blasted Governor Scott Walker after today’s bill signing of SB 883, SB 884, and SB 886: “Governor Walker had a choice today. He could have ended his time in office on a high note by vetoing the GOP power grab.

Contact: Sen Larson, 608.266.7505 Milwaukee – Today, Senator Larson released the following statement regarding Governor signing the Republican power grab bills. “Scott Walker is leaving the Governorship the same way he arrived: in chaos. “Since taking office in 1993, Scott Walker’s appetite for the ‘divide and conquer’ accumulation of power

Media Inquiries: Beth Swedeen (608) 266-1166 (Madison)- The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities is disappointed that Governor Walker today signed into law a bill from last week’s Legislative Extraordinary Session that requires the Legislature to approve all changes and updates to Medicaid waivers, including waiver programs people with

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinInstitute.org (608) 444-3483 National Redistricting Foundation Will Support the Legal Challenge MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Institute with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, a 501(c)(3) affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, will be pursuing legal action in response to the attack

Contact: Joe Zepecki jz@jzcomms.com 202-445-1517 Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, outgoing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation preventing the duly elected incoming Democratic Governor and Attorney General from withdrawing from the deeply unpopular Walker-Schimel-Trump assault on the Affordable Care Act and pre-existing conditions in federal court. In response, Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Protect

Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 MADISON – Today, Governor-elect Tony Evers issued the following statement on the lame-duck legislation: “Today, Governor Walker chose to ignore and override the will of the people of Wisconsin. This will no doubt be his legacy. The people demanded a change on November 6th, and they

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Today, Democratic Governors Association Communications Director Jared Leopold released the following statement on Scott Walker’s decision to sign legislation restricting the powers of governor-elect Tony Evers: “By signing this shameful and undemocratic legislation, Governor Scott Walker is cementing his legacy of extreme partisanship and divisiveness.

Contact: Iris Riis 920-412-3336 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – Gov. Scott Walker signed several lame-duck bills on Friday, ending his tenure of governor much like it began – by placing politics ahead of the Wisconsin people. Statement from Nicole Safar, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin: “In a final power

Contact: (608) 267-7669 Milwaukee—Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement on Gov. Walker signing three anti-democratic bills into law that will limit the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general: “Gov. Walker should be ashamed. Instead of leaving office with dignity and respecting the will of the voters,

DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after outgoing Republican Governors Scott Walker and Rick Snyder signed legislation limiting the powers of their successors, Governor-elect Tony Evers and Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer: “Scott Walker has shown yet again why the people of Wisconsin lost faith in his leadership and voted

Contact: Peter Barca, 608.266.5504 MADISON – Representative Peter W. Barca (Kenosha/Racine) issued the following statement: “I am greatly disappointed to see that Governor Walker chose to defy the will of the voters and citizens of this state and signed into law these bills that disrespect the voters who decided the

Contact: Erin Grunze, Executive Director 608-256-0827; egrunze@lwvwi.org MADISON, WI –The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has long held that the legislature must be responsible to the citizens. Its leaders, committees, and members should represent the state as a whole as well as their own districts. Legislators should not act