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Joel Brennan: “The legislature would take [the budget] very politely, go…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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Joel Brennan on Running for Wisconsin Governor: Healthcare, Housing, and Why He Jumped In Late

Published | Video Starts at 13:20

And it's not only a document that's about financial resources, it's about vision, it's about values. And, you know, we did all that. The governor would make his speech to the legislature and The legislature would take [the budget] very politely, go and throw it in the garbage can because they had such a big majority. that the. They really didn't need the executive branch to be part of those conversations until the governor came at the end with a powerful line item veto and could make whatever changes he could. (13:20–13:27)

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Asserts that the legislature disregarded the governor's budget proposals due to their majority.

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