Friday, February 25, 2011

Assembly Roll Call Vote on AB 11

CORRECTION: With regards to previous posting as to the Assembly action on the budget repair bill, examination of the official roll call vote revealed that four Republican Assembly Representatives voted against the budget repair bill (AB 11).

The four republican representatives are;

Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-55)
Rep. Lee Nerison (R-96)
Rep. Richard Spanbauer (R-53)
Rep. Travis Tranel (R-49)

The vote tally was 51 AYES / 17 NAYS / 28 NOT VOTING

The fact remains that AB 11 has passed and has been sent to the senate. However, the four republicans who voted NAY are to be commended for not cowering to the threats of Governor Walker that have been rumored since the bills introduction. We do not know their reason or reason's for voting NAY, but their decision was a display of rejecting a very damaging budget repair bill for the people of Wisconsin.

The second fact is that not one democrat voted AYE. ALL of the Assembly Democrats voted NAY or NOT VOTING. The Assembly Democrats also managed to assemble the will power and fortitude to debate passage of the bill for 60 hours. Debate only ended after the Assembly Republicans cut off the debate. According to legislative historians, this is the longest debate in Wisconsin history that can be recalled.

Click here to download the roll call vote >>>

Posted by Steven Williams
PEL Coordinator
AFSCME Council 24 AFL-CIO

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