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Says he posted a "win" in the Republican Party of Wisconsin endorsement contest in the U.S. Senate primary.
The Wisconsin state Assembly chambers extend to the bathroom and the parlor, and rules allow members to vote for each other if the member is in the chambers.
Says Gov. Scott Walker cut aid to local schools despite campaigning on trying to restore two-thirds state funding for education
Says the federal government could save $175,587 by eliminating a study of the "connection between cocaine and risky sex habits of the Japanese quail."
Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.
Says Wisconsin Democrats during the previous administration adopted "double-digit tax increases."
"Mayor Barrett saved Milwaukee $25 million, thanks to Gov. Walker’s reforms."
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
Wisconsin’s concealed-carry permit rules demand more proof than other states that safety training requirements are met, rendering "all existing (training) certificates insufficient" as part of the permit application
"During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN."
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
U.S. unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 is "18.4 percent, which is a 60-year high."
Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House."
Outside of recall elections, "there's never been a public official removed from office" in Wisconsin "for anything but malfeasance in office."
"When Nancy Nusbaum was Brown County executive, spending went up nearly 50 percent."
Says the 2011-13 state budget eliminates the structural deficit "for the first time in decades."
State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care
An amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget "exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws."
An iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin could operate for 100 years and generate billion of dollars in economic activity.
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