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Rep. Garey Bies’ Latest “Notes from the West Wing… Policy Does Not Belong in the Budget”
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Garey Bies.
April is upon us and that means warmer weather will hopefully soon be with us as well. April also means the state budget process is about to kick into high gear. Within a couple of weeks, the Joint Committee on Finance will begin to vote on budget provisions. For today’s Notes from the West Wing [...]
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Rep. Bies’ Phosphorous Bill Clears Assembly
Posted on 25. Feb, 2009 by Garey Bies.
Yesterday, the Wisconsin State Assembly voted 96-0 to approve my legislation to restrict the sale of fertilizer containing phosphorous. Those of you who have been subscribing to this e-mail update for some time know that I have been working on this legislation for a couple of sessions now and that it has been a priority [...]
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Notes from the West Wing… State of the State
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Garey Bies.
State of the State Good Evening from the State Capitol in Madison. Tonight was the annual State of the State Address by Governor Doyle. As you can imagine, this address was the bleakest of any during the last 7 years of his administration. It is indeed troubled times the state is facing. The condition of [...]
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Notes from the West Wing…
Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Garey Bies.
Phosphorous Legislation and the State Budget Greetings again from the State Capitol in Madison. I know it has only been a short time since my last update, but there are a couple of developments this week that I wanted to report on. First up today is my legislation to restrict the sale of fertilizer containing [...]
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Notes from the West Wing…
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Garey Bies.
Committee Assignments I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is enjoying the holiday season. I certainly cherish this time of year as the house fills with visiting family and the sounds of happy grandchildren permeate the air! And while the house is as busy as it gets, the holiday period at the Capitol is [...]
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Notes from the West Wing…
Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by Garey Bies.
The new legislative session is set to begin in less than a month so I thought for this edition of Notes from the West Wing I would provide a bit of a primer on the Legislative Process.
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