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Tommy Thompson: “The legislature took another cut and then the governor…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Capital City Sunday: Former Governor Tommy Thompson discusses veto power in Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 05:50

So going in, it's obvious the university has some problems because the governor and his board of regents, they did not always agree and he already reduced it by 100 million. And then The legislature took another cut and then the governor vetoed out another 3 million. So the University of Wisconsin has got less money at the end of the budget than before. Now that's a problem for the university. (05:50–05:56)

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Asserts that the legislature and governor further reduced the University of Wisconsin's budget by an additional $3 million.

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