GOP legislative leaders, who have pledged to pass a tax cut before taking up the budget, have held off introducing a plan after talks with Governor Tony Evers on a possible compromise, according to multiple GOP sources.
Sources first told WisPolitics earlier this week that Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu relayed to his caucus the delay was a sign of good faith as those talks continue.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos then confirmed yesterday the talks were behind the delay, recounting to WisPolitics his experience of watching Evers take credit for signing some GOP tax cuts, but vetoing others.
“If we want to get one signed this time after watching what occurred before, we can certainly draw a contrast, but I prefer to get a bill signed by the governor,” the Rochester Republican said. “We are hoping to see if there’s some kind of middle ground between where the governor would like to reduce taxes and where we’d like to reduce taxes. But let’s hope we can find one.”