SURVEY: Share your opinion on
pending state issues


The State Senate will begin voting on key issues in September.  Share your thoughts on a few items that are likely to be the subject of heated debate.

Please take 2 minutes to offer your opinion on important issues like:

  • Taxes
  • Government Spending
  • Health Care

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Accountability Needed in Gov’s Spending

Recently, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) approved the use of state taxpayer dollars to purchase two high-speed trains from Spain for the proposed Chicago - Milwaukee - Madison rail line, a project that the public has not even deemed necessary.

Democrats who control the committee rubber-stamped the measure after Governor Doyle negotiated the $47.5 million purchase without a competitive bidding process. While an exemption in state law does not require the state to obtain multiple bids on the rail project, it is an example of government mismanaging money taken from taxpayers.


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