Control of the state Senate – now up for grabs in recall elections – could affect issues ranging from a possible voucher school expansion in Green Bay to proposed cuts in state health care programs serving more than 1 million Wisconsin residents.
But the recall elections won?t immediately affect the issue that gave rise to them – union bargaining by public workers, legislative leaders said.
That?s because Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans who control the Assembly would ensure that the controversial repeal of most collective bargaining remains in place through this year, even if Democrats do manage to take back the Senate.