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What You Need to Know About the WI GOP Lame Duck Session

12/3/2018

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Governor-Elect Tony Evers hasn’t even been inaugurated, and Republicans are already trying to weaken his ability to govern and override the results of November’s election. The  lame-duck Session involves five sweeping pieces of legislation that propose to strip away constitutional powers from the Governor and Attorney General, limit early voting, and change a spring election date to favor a conservative State Supreme Court candidate.

The contents of the bills are so extensive that it is impossible to provide a full analysis of them in this post.  However, if passed, these bills will have significant ramifications for many policies that are important to women’s health, including whether Governor-Elect Evers will have discretion over Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, whether Attorney General-Elect Kaul will be allowed to withdraw Wisconsin from a federal lawsuit that is trying to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and remove discretion from state agencies that would allow them to more effectively implement the ACA.

To learn more about these proposals, see the following articles:
  • Capitol Notes: WI GOP Considering “Monumental” Changes In How State Government Operates
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tony Evers says he will 'take any steps possible' to prevent GOP plan to take away his power
  • WSJ Op-Ed: Lame-duck session snubs state voters
  • ​The Guardian: Wisconsin Republicans seek to hobble Democrats in lame-duck session
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  • About
    • Our Initiatives >
      • Wide Awake in Wisconsin
      • Policy Rx: Our Policy Vision
      • Wisconsin Women's Health Advocacy Summit
      • PATCH Program
      • Wisconsin Youth Advocates for Health
      • Health Professionals at the Forefront >
        • Unbiased Care in Women's Health
      • Women Win With the ACA
    • News
  • Take Action
    • Vote!
    • Census 2020
    • Know Your Legislators >
      • Meeting with Legislators
    • Media Advocacy
    • Policy Watch >
      • Executive Blueprint
      • Health Programs >
        • WI Well Woman Program
      • Economic Security >
        • Paid Family Medical Leave
      • Violence Against Women
      • Reproductive Health >
        • SCOTUS
        • Truth
        • Timeline of Reproductive Health Threats in WI
        • RESPECT Women Act
      • Maternal & Child Health >
        • Healthy Women Healthy Babies
        • Community Based Doulas
        • WI "Cocaine Mom" Law
      • State Budget
      • Health Care Reform >
        • Medicaid Expansion
  • Peek at Policy Blog
  • Resources
    • Reproductive Justice
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    • Events
  • Support Us
    • Donate >
      • Foster the Future
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    • Day In My Shoes
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