As the rule was promulgated by the State Legislature and, thus, signed by Gov. Doyle -- you can certainly blame Doyle and the 'Rats in the legislature.
However, I've no idea why the author included the Senators and Congressmen. They couldn't vote on it. Perhaps, Feingold, Kohl and the 'Rat Congressmen were pushing for it, but they can't be held responsible.
On the other hand, there is no way Sensenbrenner, Ryan and Petri would've (or could've) played any role in this.
......”On the other hand, there is no way Sensenbrenner, Ryan and Petri would’ve (or could’ve) played any role in this.”
Your point is taken – the list should have included state legislators or whomever appointed the board.
The procedural process enables the BOARD TO CREATE the legislation, and if the house doesn’t challenge it, it becomes law. That’s what was sort of described on the GAO website.
So what this means is that the WI senate passed it, and the WI house failed to act on it and their inaction made it law... which is why the house is to blame as well. Don’t forget that it’s possible the house didn’t act on it because they WANTED it to be passed into law.
Why is a board given this kind of power? That is what needs to be questioned.
Laws should begin in the legislature and this could also apply to the stimulus and health care bill which were created by someone other than lawmakers.
This should be something on the “to do” list along with term limits, etc. but not just at the federal level, also the (appointed) boards in these state legislatures need to be reviewed.
In this document dated March 23 2010, it refers to the supreme court case regarding campaign finance and stated that a review of the SCOTUS case was requested before continuing. This process began in 2009 and this document shows the original wording with changes noted using a strike-through.
http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/news/rule_gab_1_28_memo_to_board_march_2010_pdf_91828.pdf
There is something going on in WI with elections – check out this article – not exactly related, but I bet there is more to this story.
Federal court rejects Wisconsin legislative candidate’s lawsuit over expletive
Paul Ryan????
Paul Ryan has some questions to answer. What IS going on?