Wis. Senate passes change to bill publication
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill that takes away the power of the secretary of state office to delay publishing bills passed by the Legislature.
Democrats opposed the measure Tuesday, which they say is about political payback against actions Secretary of State Doug La Follette took in 2011.
La Follette angered Republicans in 2011 by delaying publication of a bill that effectively ended collective bargaining for public workers and required them to pay more for health insurance and pensions.
The bill gives duties of publishing bills exclusively to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
It passed on a party line 17-14 vote. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos also supports the measure, which should clear its passage there. It is not yet scheduled for a vote in the Assembly.
Jan 30, 2013 at 5:54 a.m.
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Joe..why would he need 10 days to publish a bill? Ten days! Oh that's right, he is a govt bureacract! The bill passes, publish it! That was my point! And carlit....calm down!! We know you hate Walker with all your being.
Jan 29, 2013 at 5:52 p.m.
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Joe: The process has changed. It's been taken out of the hands of a biased politician and handed over to folks who are unbiased.
Apology accepted though...
Signed,
Single-minded zealot.
Jan 29, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.
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I apologize janesvillefirst. The bill publishing authority has been handed over to the LRB. The first version of the bill would have seen the Secretary of State retain that authority, but the final version changed that. Still, the process hasn't changed, only who does the publishing and the timeline.
Jan 29, 2013 at 5:29 p.m.
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janesvillefirst--The Secretary of State is still "in the process," as you so goofily say. The process has not been "streamlined." The process has not been changed at all. What has been changed is the timeline. The Secretary of State used to have up to ten days to publish new laws. He now has one day. His role has not changed at all-only the time frame in which he operates has changed. In your zeal to give the Republicans credit for saving the world you have misstated the facts. This not only does not surprise me, it is exactly what I always expect from single-minded zealots.
Jan 29, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
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Finally the uneeded extra step is gone, for good. None of the negative commentors probably know why the Goofus Sec. of State even was in the process, but by golly the Republicans streamlined it (just like they will the mining permit procedure) so it's got to be bad. Next, the change of venue law revamp. We're on a roll.
I'll wait to see if any of them answer the question.
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.
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Someday the Republicans will have the minority, And these Policy changes will turn out to bite them in the arse.
And Yea both parties are now after Power, forgetting to do the Job of governing as they were elected to do: Serve the People (Not the Party)
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:28 p.m.
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Both partys are only after power
Jan 29, 2013 at 4:19 p.m.
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gee how much do the people in the goverment have to pay for insurance? they should have to be on obamacare like the rest of us
Jan 29, 2013 at 3:13 p.m.
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Joe65--PERFECT!
Jan 29, 2013 at 2:15 p.m.
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No, donnaw, you are wrong. The Secretary of State was previously required to act within 10 days. He never, ever had "as long as he likes" as you so incorrectly claim he did. This is one of the problems I have with those who support either party so vigorously...you twist the truth and misstate facts until you are only dealing in fiction, and then you blast the fiction that you have created.
Jan 29, 2013 at 2:14 p.m.
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donnaw go watch fox news as you accept the corruption and promote it as they do. Also the lies they use to support their corruption. When are they ever going to charge the biggest criminal of the all, Scooter Doe and his Attorney General that buries everything in paperwork so he help the corruption? When is enough going to be enough with the Repukes and their puppets?
Jan 29, 2013 at 2:07 p.m.
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I suppose it was just fine that the Sec of State can delay publication of a passed law just as long as he likes. Yeah, I see, it only works one way...for the lefties. That was an earned and correct thing to make sure passed bills get enacted in a timely manner and not at the whim of a political hack.
Jan 29, 2013 at 1:20 p.m.
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Whenever the Wisconsin Republicans don't get their own way, they change the law so that from now on, the law REQUIRES that they get their own way. They act like little kids who insist on things being their way. Are they TRYING to make people lose all respect for them?
Jan 29, 2013 at 1:14 p.m.
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More of that 'cooperation' promised by the R's I see....
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