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Jeff Smith: “Out of those nine, three were brought to a vote and none…”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: 12-30-25

Published | Video Starts at 04:15

And this is actually pretty standard over the last 15 years that the Republicans have been in the majority. 408 bills this year, nine of those 408 bills got hearings in committee. Nine of those 408. Out of those nine, three were brought to a vote and none have made it to the governor's desk. Zero. So there's a. This is not an accident. This is a strategy by the majority party to keep people uninformed as to what the other ideas might be than what they present to be the ideas that they want to pass. (04:15–04:24)

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