Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee are satisfied with the state budget compromise containing tax cuts.
The deal reached with Democratic Governor Tony Evers cleared the committee on Tuesday.
“Every budget’s different, but this one was by far the most difficult budget I’ve worked on since I’ve been on this committee, by far the most difficult one since I’ve been co-chair, and the process was a lot different,” said New Berlin Representative Mark Born.
Senator Howard Marklein of Spring Green praised the end result – particularly the tax cuts.
“That’s significant $1.5 billion that I believe will touch virtually every citizen in the state of Wisconsin in some way, okay,” said Marklein.
The budget bill now goes to the Legislature, where the votes of state Senate Democrats will be required for passage.
