Less than a month after the midterm elections, Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are working to limit the powers of newly elected Democrats in statewide office.
Just two days after the Nov. 6 election in Wisconsin, when Democrat Tony Evers beat two-term Republican Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said a lame-duck session agenda was already taking shape.
And Tuesday, lawmakers are set to vote on a number of bills that would limit Evers’ authority when he’s sworn in. Fitzgerald says the party isn’t trying to undermine the new governor, “That’s not the case at all. I think there’s some stuff that’s going to be reasonable.”
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