“Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the state unemployment system without the Legislature.”
Jim Steineke
Assembly Majority Leader, R-Kaukauna. a TV interview. Claim dated 17 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The project will need to be funded over a series of years, which means the Legislature must appropriate funds in the biennial budgets.
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In short
Jim Steineke (Assembly Majority Leader, R-Kaukauna) made this claim around 17 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 February 2021, 17 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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