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Jodi Habush Sinykin: “We have a $4 billion plus surplus... But it has been held…”

Featuring: Jodi Habush Sinykin, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 8

Education, Consensus Building, and Moving Wisconsin Forward | The Dom Salvia Show

Published November 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 10:11

Yeah, I think it's even more than that. Given the gerrymander we have a $4 billion plus surplus is in billion. We have a $4 billion plus surplus... But it has been held hostage by this legislature, particularly by the Joint Finance Committee. Finance Committee where my opponent Dewey Strobel was a co chair. There has been this partisan war to hold back the release of funding that we could go forward on. (10:11–10:35)

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Asserts that a $4 billion surplus is being withheld by the legislature and Joint Finance Committee.

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