Evers vetoes 11 GOP bills directing federal COVID-19 aid spending [View all]
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed 11 GOP-authored bills directing how to spend federal money from the latest COVID-19 relief package and announced how he plans to dole out another $420 million of the funds.
Appearing at a news conference in Wauwatosa Thursday, Evers said he vetoed the 11 GOP bills to ensure he can distribute federal pandemic relief funds as quickly as possible. He said the legislative oversight process would likely delay those funds from getting to businesses and Wisconsinites who need them.
“This money has to get out quickly,” he said. “It’s much more easy and direct if it’s not going through 100 hands in the Legislature, versus one administration that has done this several times already.”
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, slammed the guv’s move, which had been expected.
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