Wisconsin Assembly Democrats say it was wrong for the Republican speaker to appoint only members of his party to a study task force on a future prison. And the Democrats have introduced a bill to prevent that from happening again. Speaker Robin Vos, Senate Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and Governor Scott Walker are in the process of naming members to the prison study group — and Vos chose three white Republican male lawmakers, even though black Democrat David Bowen says his district includes a zip code with one of the nation’s highest incarceration rates. The bill would force leaders to appoint lawmakers of both parties to study panels in the future — but it has little chance of passing, since almost two thirds of Assembly members are Republicans. Still, assistant minority leader Dianne Hesselbein says study groups are supposed to have a “broad cross section” of people to solve problems.
Democrats Kept Off Study Panel Propose Bill To Prevent A Repeat
Nov 17, 2017 | 4:54 PM
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