Tag: Chris Kapenga
No burial ground safe from the desecration of Wisconsin’s Republicans
Because apparently the Republicans who control Wisconsin’s Legislature feel they haven’t completely desecrated our state. Proposed state legislation could end a long legal fight over Native American effigy mounds in Dane County. The bill would force the Wisconsin Historical Society to allow the owners of a limestone quarry in the…
GOP Candidates Continue To Sell Out Their Constituents!
As Zach mentioned yesterday there is a special election coming up to select a new state representative in the 99th district to replace Chris Kapenga who was recently elected to the state senate. There are four candidates in the GOP primary and nary a Democrat to be found (so much…
Republican State Rep. Chris Kapenga to submit “right to work” for less legislation
According to a report by Todd Richmond of Bloomberg Businessweek, Republican State Rep. Chris Kapenga is poised to submit “right to work” for less legislation here in Wisconsin during the next legislative session. A Republican lawmaker promised Tuesday to introduce a right-to-work bill, prompting warnings from a Democratic leader that…
Republican State Rep. Chris Kapenga has no clue what the federal minimum wage is
This is completely unsurprising, given how out of touch so many Republicans are with what the working poor go through. At the public hearing for SB626 yesterday, bill author Representative Chris Kapenga was asked how much the federal minimum wage was. And guess what? He had no idea. Not only is…
Milwaukee’s living wage: a tale of two Chrises
This is just bad, bad, bad. The “living wage” ordinance backed by the Milwaukee County Board last week — and others like it — would be barred under legislation up for a hearing Wednesday at the Capitol. The proposed state measure prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing a minimum…
Nine Republican lawmakers in WI support arresting federal officials who try to implement Obamacare in Wisconsin
Apparently nine Republican lawmakers here in Wisconsin have boarded the anti-Obama crazy train… As Gov. Scott Walker contemplates whether to create a state health care exchange under Obamacare, he will have to contend in the coming legislative session with nine lawmakers who have said they back a bill to arrest…
Rep. Kapenga at Delafield Town Hall: Right-to-work legislation “ready to go” in Wisconsin
Republicans Jim Sensenbrenner and Chris Kapenga held a listening session on Monday night in politically conservative Delafield, Wisconsin; statements made at that meeting left some Waukesha County residents stunned. According to two attendees, Representative Chris Kapenga openly admitted that the GOP has plans to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state and…
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