Assembly Passes Budget, Which Now Heads to Governor Walker for Potential Vetoes and His Signature

7/9/2015

The state Assembly passed the state budget in an identical form as passed by the state Senate. 11 Republicans voted with all of the chamber's Democrats to oppose the bill, which passed on a vote of 52-46.

The bill now heads to Governor Walker, where he has the option of vetoing out specific lines and appropriations in the bill before signing it. We will provide detailed analysis of any gubernatorial vetoes that affect policies that we have covered on this site. Please stay tuned for updates.

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Mike Murray is the Policy Director at the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health. Through his work at WAWH, Mike engages in a broad range of policy issues that affect the health of women and girls in Wisconsin.

Caroline Cooney is a policy intern at the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health working on the 2015-2017 biennium budget report. Caroline is a senior at UW-Madison majoring in International Studies and Global Health with a strong interest in health policy.

Assembly Passes Budget, Which Now Heads to Governor Walker for Potential Vetoes and His Signature

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