Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers vetoes of 36 bills, including PFAS funding

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would be voting to override the governor’s veto of three dozen bills on everything from fighting PFAS pollution to doing away with work permit requirements for teenagers — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts.

At the same time, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers countersued the Republican-controlled Legislature in a fight over the spending of $50 million on a new literacy program.

Both moves come six months before the election and are just the latest bit of political jousting between Evers and the Legislature. Both are trying to use the stalemate over PFAS funding and other issues to their advantage in the November election as Democrats hope to pick up seats in the Legislature under the state’s new legislative boundary maps.

The three dozen scheduled veto override attempts on Tuesday are likely to fail. Any override would also need to be approved in the Assembly, but Republicans don’t have enough votes there to do it.

“We don’t need another round of press conferences and pointless show votes, we just need Republicans to release the money they’ve already approved and get out of the way,” said Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesperson Joe Oslund.

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