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Chris Kapenga: “The state supreme court has always stood by where they say…”

Featuring: Chris Kapenga, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 33

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Senator Kapenga: No One Voted For Governor Evers' 400-Year Tax Increase

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

And FYI, state supreme court, you took a stance that you've never taken before where you took a 400 year increase in spending and you said, oh no, that's not a significant increase in scope. So they changed a historical precedent that The state supreme court has always stood by where they say you can't really increase, significantly increase the scope of a bill. I don't think anybody in the public. I haven't talked to a Democrat or a Republican who's like, oh, 400 year increase. What the legislature said is not a big deal. (01:35–01:43)

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Asserts that historically, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has not allowed significant increases in the scope of a bill.

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