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Tax Cuts on the Back Burner
Wisconsin lawmakers are moving into another week of uncertainty on the state budget.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday that he’s not sure what will happen with the Republican tax cut plan, or just how much lawmakers will spend over the next two years because he hasn’t been able to speak with Gov. Tony Evers.
“I don't understand why Gov. Evers is refusing to meet with us in person. That makes no sense to me,” Vos said. “Our staff has had a few conversations, which is good, but we need the decision makers to be in the room. They're beyond the time of just having, you know, discussions about general topics.”
The most specifics of those topics is whether the governor will sign a Republican tax cut plan.
Vos has said from the beginning of the year that he wants to return as much of Wisconsin’s $4 billion surplus to taxpayers as he can. Gov. Evers, however, has said he wants to spend it.
Assembly Majority Leader Rep. Tyler August said as long as that difference continues, the legislature won’t be able to finalize much of anything on the new state budget.
“The governor needs to meet with us. In order for the budget process to move forward, we need to get the players in the room to be able to talk about the best way to move forward,” August said. “And tax cuts are an important part of that. So as soon the governor agrees to meet with the leadership that's been asking for that meeting, the better. And then we can stay on schedule.”
The legislature is supposed to have a final two-year spending plan to the governor by the end of June. But any final spending decisions will have to wait until after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau delivers the final revenue estimates later this week.
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