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The Wisconsin Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republican majorities since January 2011. With both houses combined, the legislature has 132 members ...
The Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill one day later by a vote of 53–42. After the Assembly passed the bill, Walker released a statement in which he "applaud[ed] all members of the Assembly for showing up, debating the legislation and participating in democracy". [123] Walker signed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill into law on March 11, 2011 ...
Wisconsin became a U.S. state on May 29, 1848, and special elections were held to fill the first session of the State Assembly; at the time, the body consisted of 66 members. [2] The Assembly was expanded to 82 seats in 1852, and then to 97 seats in 1856, then to 100 seats in 1861, which is the maximum allowed in the Constitution of Wisconsin ...
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Thursday that would call for a binding statewide referendum to ban abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Current Wisconsin law ...
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly introduced a bill Friday that would call for a binding statewide referendum on whether abortion should be banned after 14 weeks of pregnancy. The GOP ...
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new ...
In 2005, Stone co-sponsored a voter ID bill with Senator Joe Leibham of Sheboygan. The bill passed the State Assembly and Senate, but was vetoed by Democratic governor Jim Doyle. [3] In 2011, Stone and Leibham introduced a similar voter ID bill providing more oversight and restrictions than past legislative proposals. [4]
The amended bill was then sent to the Assembly. On Thursday, March 10, the Wisconsin Assembly passed the amended collective bargaining bill with a vote of 53–42. [96] [97] Protesters and Assembly Democrats shouted "shame!" as the Republicans quickly filed out of the building. [98]