Rebate Checks and Property Taxes Vote

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]TONIGHT.

[00:00:00]AND MATT, CERTAINLY A LOT COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE HERE.

[00:00:04]WHAT’S GOING ON AT THIS HOUR?

[00:00:06]>> WELL BLAKE, IT’S BEEN A DAY OF INACTION OR CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS.

[00:00:10]NO VOTES YET.

[00:00:11]THE SENATE NOW SET TO RECONVENE HERE AT 5:00.

[00:00:14]AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.

[00:00:16]YOU SEE SOME LAWMAKERS HERE EMERGING FROM CLOSED SESSION.

[00:00:19]THESE ARE SOME DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS, DEMOCRATS NEEDED HERE IN THE STATE SENATE TO PASS THIS BIPARTISAN DEAL BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS AS THEY GO TO THE FLOOR FOR A POTENTIAL VOTE.

[00:00:30]DEBATE HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY, WHERE THE BILL THERE IS SUPPOSED TO PASS.

[00:00:36]ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOS, ADDRESSING THE NEGOTIATIONS EARLIER TODAY.

[00:00:39]TAKE A LISTEN.

[00:00:40]>> WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE LISTEN AND THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ACT.

[00:00:47]AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT COMPROMISE.

[00:00:49]>> IN WISCONSIN IS NOT A DEAD WORD.

[00:00:53]>> ROBIN VOS IS THE ASSEMBLY DEBATED THE BILL.

[00:00:57]HE SAYS THE BILL.

[00:00:59]THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO PASS THAT CHAMBER.

[00:01:01]ALL OF THIS NEGOTIATED IN RECENT MONTHS AND ANNOUNCED THIS PAST WEEK BY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY EVERS AND REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOS, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER DEVIN LEMAHIEU.

[00:01:10]HERE’S WHAT IT WOULD DO.

[00:01:12]IT WOULD DELIVER REBATE CHECKS TO WISCONSINITES $600 FOR MARRIED JOINT FILERS, $300 FOR INDIVIDUALS.

[00:01:19]THE DEAL ALSO INVESTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO SCHOOLS TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES AND INCREASE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

[00:01:27]IT ELIMINATES TAXES ON OVERTIME AND TIPS.

[00:01:30]AS ALL THE ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE STATE SENATE.

[00:01:33]THE GOVERNOR, ADDRESSING CRITICISM HE’S RECEIVING FROM HIS OWN PARTY.

[00:01:38]>> DUMBEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD.

[00:01:41]YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

[00:01:44]YOU KNOW, THERE’S STILL SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS LEFT.

[00:01:47]AND THE THE.

[00:01:49]TRAJECTORY OF MONEY COMING IN THROUGH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN IS GOING UP.

[00:01:55]SO THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A LOAN, WE DON’T LOAN MONEY TO OUR SCHOOLS.

[00:02:02]WE PROVIDE MONEY BECAUSE THAT’S OUR JOB.

[00:02:05]>> AND THIS BILL TODAY, THIS PROPOSAL IS A TURDUCKEN BECAUSE IT’S A TURKEY THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY A BUNCH OF LAME DUCKS BY A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE.

[00:02:18]THAT IS TOO CHICKEN TO CONFRONT THE STRUCTURAL AFFORDABILITY AND EDUCATION ISSUES FACING THIS STATE.

[00:02:25]>> SO CERTAINLY STRONG WORDS THERE.

[00:02:27]I MEAN, WHERE WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

[00:02:30]>> SO, BLAKE, ALL THE ATTENTION REALLY IS ON THE STATE SENATE AT THIS HOUR.

[00:02:35]17 VOTES ARE NEEDED.

[00:02:37]WE DO KNOW SEVERAL REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY’RE GOING TO VOTE NO.

[00:02:41]WE’VE SEEN THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO A PLAN THAT GOVERNOR NEGOTIATED.

[00:02:45]SOME SENATORS HAVE SAID, LISTEN, THEY’RE ALL ON BOARD TO VOTE NO.

[00:02:49]WE DO KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, WITH FELLOW DEMOCRATS TODAY AS WE SPEAK.

[00:02:56]SOME DEMOCRATS WOULD BE NEEDED TO PASS INSIDE THIS CHAMBER.

[00:02:59]WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING.

[00:03:02]ACCORDING TO THIS SPECIAL SESSION, THOUGH, LAWMAKERS TECHNICALLY HAVE UNTIL 5 P.M.

[00:03:05]FRIDAY TO VOTE ON