Moments after convening a conference committee announced this afternoon, the WI Senate passed an amended version of the budget repair bill.
Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, was the only member to vote against it.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, told Barca the bill was the same one the Assembly voted for almost 60 hours with some changes, but he did not detail what they were other than reading a statement at the beginning of the meeting that the revised bill would not trigger the constitutional requirement of 20 members being present for a vote on a fiscal bill.
Read more at WisPolitics Budget Blog.
