Federal lawsuit he signed off on is the greatest present threat to protecting people with pre-existing conditions.

MADISON - Last Friday, Scott Walker said that he would call a special session “if something were to change” to federal law protecting people with pre-existing conditions.

What Walker doesn’t acknowledge: the fact that a lawsuit he signed off on is the greatest present threat to those protections.

DPW released the following statement in response to his empty promises and twisted logic:

“For nearly eight years, Scott Walker has been dead set on undermining protections for people with pre-existing conditions and has no credibility on the issue going forward,” said DPW Spokesperson Alex Japko. “If Walker was serious about protecting Wisconsinites’ health care, he would have done so years before it became a huge political liability. This latest promise is just more squirming from a governor who knows his record on health care is indefensible.”

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wi-172-e-app-i-041-s5.jpgEven Governor Walker says adding new lanes between Appleton and De Pere doubtful.

Employees would be required to sign non-disclosure agreements that would silence them even if they left Wisconsin under new policy.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/capitol-night-wisc-s5.jpgThe tactics used by Majority Party leadership to rush bills through the Legislature sacrificed public input and prevented thoughtful debate in the lawmaking process.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/construction-traffic-i35-s5.jpgArea Senators want State DOT to explain where $46 million in federal transportation dollars granted for local governments has gone.

MILWAUKEE, WI - A new report last Thursday from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel shows that taxpayers have already shelled out $20.6 million to cover the legal bills surrounding Scott Walker’s mismanagement of the state’s juvenile prison complex.