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Chris Kapenga: “We didn't know what the budget was until literally, I think…”

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 06:05

So that was part of the frustration, and this was brought up in caucus many times, is give us the sandbox that you're thinking about so that we can start telling you these are specifics. But we never even got to that point. We didn't know what the budget was until literally, I think it was 24 hours before we, maybe it was 48 hours. We didn't ever know what the sandbox was until right before. And again, that goes back to process. And it's just a broken process where we had no rush to get this done. (06:05–06:13)

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Asserts that the details of the budget were not known until 24 to 48 hours before the vote.

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