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Chris Kapenga: “Unfortunately, they passed a budget that was for the first…”

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

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Capitol Chats: Sen. Chris Kapenga 'disappointed' in the result of budget negotiations

Published | Video Starts at 08:55

And I said it's, it's especially important as we continue to look at the immense amount of spending that's going on. My first budget, I think was around $66 billion. And now we're, Unfortunately, they passed a budget that was for the first time over $100 billion. And we don't even know what the total spending is going to be because we've got the rest of session yet and there was no discussion or cap put on what else are we going to spend money on? (08:55–09:00)

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Asserts that the recently passed budget exceeds $100 billion for the first time.

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