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Walker to sign budget Thursday at Neenah school

Posted at 1:40 PM, Sep 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-20 18:26:17-04

Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign the state budget into law Thursday at an elementary school in Neenah.

The signing will take place at Tullar Elementary, the school district said. He will sign the budget during a ceremony beginning at 12:20 p.m. Fourth and fifth grade students will get a chance to watch the signing.

Walker could announce his vetoes to the $76 billion spending plan at any point between now and then.

The budget passed the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday, 11-weeks after the July 1 due date.

The Sept. 21 signature by Walker will make it the latest budget since 2007 when the Legislature was under split control. That year then-Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle signed it on Oct. 26.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it's "way too early" to say whether lawmakers will attempt to override any budget vetoes by Gov. Scott Walker.

Walker cut a deal with three conservative Republican senators last week to make a series of vetoes in the budget in order to secure their vote. 

Vos calls the senators who cut the deal with Walker "renegades" because they were unhappy with the agreement reached among leadership. But Vos isn't saying yet whether he will try to get any of the items Walker intends to cut from the budget restored.

Walker has never had a veto overridden by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

 

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