{"id":1517792,"date":"2022-06-15T18:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517792"},"modified":"2022-06-15T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:04:18","slug":"wisconsin-governor-candidate-introduces-plan-to-drain-the-madison-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-governor-candidate-introduces-plan-to-drain-the-madison-swamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Governor Candidate Introduces Plan To \u2018Drain The Madison Swamp\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-governor-candidate-introduces-plan-to-drain-the-madison-swamp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican candidate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> governor and construction executive Tim Michels put out a plan this week which would put limits on political lobbying in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Michels, who hopes to challenge incumbent Democratic Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tony-evers\">Tony Evers<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-election\">November<\/a>, wants to alter the role lobbyists can have in fundraising and ban outgoing politicians from joining a lobbying firm for two years after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government is designed to be by the people, for the people. But for too long, insiders in Madison have put the demands of the special interests over the needs of the people,\u201d Michels\u2019 campaign<a href=\"https:\/\/michelsforgovernor.com\/blueprint\/drain-the-swamp\/\"> said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe insider-built system encourages politicians to spend more time making deals instead of crafting sensible public policy solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan \u2014 called the \u201cMichels\u2019 Blueprint To Drain the Madison Swamp\u201d \u2014 includes several provisions, including stopping Political Action Committees (PACs) under the direction of a lobbying principal to sponsor fundraisers for politicians and political candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a lot of campaigning that\u2019s happening right now, without transparency \u2014 where the money\u2019s from, who\u2019s behind these candidates, and people deserve to have answers on that,\u201d Michels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/michels-releases-lobbying-reform-plan-as-gop-primary-intensifies\/\">told<\/a> News 3 Now.<\/p>\n<p>His plan would also block spouses of lobbyists from donating to campaigns during a certain period before general elections to make spouses\u2019 donations subject to the same rules as the lobbyists themselves. Another proposal put a two year wait time on elected and cabinet officials from joining a lobbying firm after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>Other measures of the bill include bumping up the disclosure time allowance for lobbyists on legislation and increasing the frequency of campaign finance reports.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Rothschild, leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/wisconsin-democracy-campaign-wdc\/\">Left-leaning<\/a> Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, praised aspects of Michels\u2019 proposals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were two good things in the plan,\u201d Rothschild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/michels-releases-lobbying-reform-plan-as-gop-primary-intensifies\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cOne was going to require a two-year ban on lawmakers from becoming lobbyists. \u2026 And the other one is the requirement to have campaigns disclose who their donors are January through June.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan comes after Michels, who was endorsed by former President Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/election-commission-makes-decision-on-ballot-status-of-trump-endorsed-wisconsin-gov-candidate\">survived<\/a> a challenge to his candidacy last week, which alleged he should be disqualified from the ballot over a dispute involving a difference in municipality for his voting and mailing address on his campaign petitions.<\/p>\n<p>Michels also made <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-government-and-politics-marriage-1a6e9be425f807d9e5e680b9bbdf58b3\">headlines<\/a> on Wednesday for his views on marriage. He told the Associated Press Tuesday that \u201cMy position on that is that marriage should be between a man and a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a businessman, what I do is I look at what\u2019s in the legislation and it\u2019s all about the details. So I am very hesitant to do hypotheticals on a broadly stated question like that,\u201d he said when asked about future potential legislation on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Republican rivals have taken a different approach to the issue, with a spokesman for former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch saying \u201cshe has moved on from this debate,\u201d and former Marine Kevin Nicholoson deferring, saying the legality of same-sex marriage had the support of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Evers\u2019 campaign tweeted on Tuesday, \u201cTony will always support the LGBTQ+ community in Wisconsin.\u201d The governor also ordered a rainbow flag raised outside of the state capitol building for the month of June.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Wisconsin governor primary will face off against Evers in November. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor and construction executive Tim Michels put out a plan this week which would put limits on political lobbying in the state. 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