MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Despite a breakdown in budget negotiations with Governor Tony Evers, Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee remain optimistic.
“We put three budgets on his desk in the last three budgets and he signed them. And I’m very hopeful that we will do a responsible budget that we can afford, that addresses the major priorities and a lot of the priorities that the I think the governor’s office has and we have are very similar,” said Senator Howard Marklein.
JFC co-chair Representative Mark Born said Republicans broke off negotiations because the Democratic governor demanded spending increases that outpaced tax cuts they wanted. An Evers spokesperson said that’s not accurate.