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Sara Rodriguez: “He was able to do was put in perpetuity, basically increases…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez Discusses Healthcare, Housing, and Political Challenges with Congressman Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 17:58

Yes. Okay. So the governor has an interesting veto power on the budget where he can individually cross out certain, like, numbers and put it together. And so what He was able to do was put in perpetuity, basically increases every year for public schools. Now we have to still budget for it, but basically saying for like over 400 years, he's going to be able to do increases in the budget, which is. (17:58–18:07)

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Asserts that the governor ensured annual increases for public schools in perpetuity.

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