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Tom Tiffany: “The governor has enormous authority in Wisconsin with a line…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Rep. Tom Tiffany weighs in on Governor Evers tax bill

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

And you've mentioned Democrats running for governor, you've mentioned Democrat, that is the governor. But three people negotiated this and two of them were Republicans. Were they wrong? No, I don't say they were wrong. But remember, The governor has enormous authority in Wisconsin with a line item veto. Right, Right. I mean that's how we ended up with the 400 year property tax increase. And the state supreme court said, yep, you can go ahead and do that, Governor. (04:18–04:23)

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Asserts that the governor of Wisconsin has significant power through the line item veto.

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