MADISON -- The Wisconsin Senate voted just before sunrise Wednesday following an all-night session to pass a sweeping bill in a lame-duck session designed to empower the GOP-controlled Legislature and weaken the Democrat replacing Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Below is reaction to the vote:
Governor-elect Tony Evers
State Senator Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee
State Senator Dan Feyen, R- Fond du Lac
Senate Democratic Leader Jennifer Shilling
State Senator Janis Ringhand, D-Evansville
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross
Representative Tod Ohnstad, D-Kenosha
Representative David Bowen, D-Milwaukee
Joint statement from Milwaukee aldermen, alderwomen:
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
Congresswoman Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin
Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee
Stephanie Bloomingdale, president of Wisconsin AFL-CIO
Rep. David Bowen, D-Milwaukee