The defeat last year of two-term gun lobby favorite Scott Walker is about to produce important, visible consequences: acid test votes which legislators can no longer evade, and another lessons about how a tainted partisan gerrymander can continue to devalue democracy by squashing public opinion.
While WI GOP legislative leaders have gerrymandered themselves into illegitimate authority and already stated their predictable no, never posture, the special session Gov. Tony Evers
just called on two common sense gun safety measures with broad public backing will force every legislator to declare if they stand with the gun lobbies or the people. Here is the text of the Governor's order:
While WI GOP legislative leaders have gerrymandered themselves into illegitimate authority and already stated their predictable no, never posture, the special session Gov. Tony Evers
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just called on two common sense gun safety measures with broad public backing will force every legislator to declare if they stand with the gun lobbies or the people. Here is the text of the Governor's order:
Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order #54 Calling for a Special Session on Legislation to Address Gun Violence |
| MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #54 calling the Legislature to meet in a special session on Nov. 7, 2019 to address gun violence in the state of Wisconsin. "Since taking office in January, I have called on the Legislature to take action and pass commonsense gun safety reform time and time again, giving Republican leadership the opportunity to hear the people of our state and to do the right thing," Gov. Evers said. "Today I am delivering on my promise to call a special session to address gun violence across our state and I'm calling on Republicans to work with Democrats to get this done." In the Executive Order, Gov. Evers requests the Legislature act on two critical proposals that are supported by 80% of Wisconsinites. The proposals outlined include:
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