{"id":2198465,"date":"2024-03-13T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-state-senators-collect-full-time-salaries-after-heading-home-for-the-year\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:52:26","slug":"wisconsin-state-senators-collect-full-time-salaries-after-heading-home-for-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-state-senators-collect-full-time-salaries-after-heading-home-for-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin state senators receive full-time pay post adjournment for the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-state-senators-collect-full-time-salaries-after-heading-home-for-the-year%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=2198465&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--><h2>Wisconsin Senate Wraps Up Early, Leaving Much\u2063 Unfinished<\/h2>\n<p>As the Wisconsin Senate chambers echoed with \u2062the\u200d sounds of finality, <strong>the last gavel of 2024<\/strong> fell on Tuesday. With no intention of reconvening before \u200bthe year ends, the \u200dlawmakers \u2063have effectively adjourned\u200b until January 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy adjourning early for the 2023-24 legislative session \u2014\u200c nearly \u200da\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/food-stamps-snap-programs-end-for-august-in-several-states-and-territories-on-thursday\/\" title=\"SNAP programs in multiple states and territories end this Thursday.\">full \u200bmonth<\/a> \u200bbefore their own\u2063 calendar prescribed \u2014 Senate Republicans sent a message to our Wisconsin\u200c neighbors that they believe our job is done,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>stated Minority Caucus Chairman Chris \u2064Larson,\u200d voicing a sense of duty overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a work period \u2063spanning just a \u200bfew months, <strong>each state legislator \u2064is walking away with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-moore-what-if-federal-workers-never-showed-up-for-work-and-no-one-missed-them\/\" title=\"Stephen Moore: What if Federal Workers Never Showed Up for Work and No One Missed Them?\">full-time salary<\/a> of $57,408<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a figure prompting questions \u200babout the balance between public service and compensation.<\/p>\n<h3>Calendar Cleared, Yet Work Remains<\/h3>\n<p>While\u2063 the \u2063calendar had room for more\u2014<strong>meetings penciled in\u2062 through May<\/strong>\u2014Republican leaders appear to have\u200c no plans \u2063to press on. According to reports, the Senate agenda lies bare until the next call to \u200border.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Senate\u200c has four potential floor days in April and a veto-review period in May,\u201d a spokesperson for \u2062Senate Majority\u2063 leader Devin LeMahieu\u2062 explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But with the \u200belection season&#8217;s \u2064wheels beginning to turn as candidates\u2062 emerge \u2064in mid-April, typical legislative\u200d activity\u2064 takes a \u2064back seat, if not \u200ca complete halt.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u200d Opposition&#8217;s Stance<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats, on \u200dthe other hand, express a different viewpoint. They accentuate a litany of issues \u200cstill on the table\u2014concerns like DACA, expungement, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vs-taliban-missing-white-woman-syndrome-and-two-americas-vince-jason-save-the-nation\/\" title=\"Trump Vs Taliban, \u2018Missing White Woman Syndrome\u2019 And \u2026 Two Americas? | Vince &#038; Jason Save The Nation\">missing persons cases<\/a>, naming only a few of pressing \u200bmatters they believe deserve the Senate&#8217;s unwavering attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be done today. We should be coming back into session\u200b until April \u206411,\u201d urged Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, calling for diligence over departure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong>2020 findings by WisPolitics<\/strong> are telling in comparison: Wisconsin&#8217;s legislature stands as the least active among \u200bits full-time\u200b counterparts nationwide. Legislators in similar positions across nine other \u2064states \u200dconvened nearly\u200b eighteen times \u200dmore often \u2064than Wisconsin&#8217;s representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Larson, \u200dhowever, sees a \u200bsilver lining with the promise\u2063 of fairer \u200celectoral maps on the\u200d horizon, anticipating a shift towards a more \u200dcollaborative and active legislature\u2014a change he suggests is sorely\u2063 needed after years of static\u2062 majority rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wisconsinites are left to ponder<\/strong>: as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-gov-accused-of-misusing-taxpayer-funds-to-fight-sexual-assault-claim\/\" title=\"Dem Gov Accused of Misusing Taxpayer Funds to Fight Sexual Assault Claim\">official state business<\/a> is shelved until the New \u200dYear, is the value\u200c they receive in governance reflective of the \u200csalaries paid? As the Senate doors close, the \u200bconversation on the intersection of public service and taxpayer accountability is very much open.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the Wisconsin legislature&#8217;s adjournment, \u200dvisit the <strong>Washington Examiner&#8217;s\u200b full report<\/strong> on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Senate concluded its 2024 sessions on Tuesday, not reconvening until 2025. 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