Awwww, pukes eating their own over budget approval

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The Republican push to pass the budget faltered Tuesday when Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), who had voted for the GOP budget as a member of the Joint Finance Committee, said she does not plan to vote for it again.

Up for re-election next year, Lazich said she was reacting to a new report Monday that says the GOP budget would raise general state spending by 14.8% within two years - a number she said she did not have when she voted for the budget on June 10 after an all-night committee meeting.

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But Assembly Speaker John Gard (R-Peshtigo) said Lazich's "flip-flop" on the budget "caught everybody flat-footed. It's like she's actually working for (Democratic Gov.) Jim Doyle," Gard said. "She wants people to believe she was sleeping while the (Finance) Committee was actually voting on the budget."

Responding to Gard, Lazich said he should "do a better job of leading" and added: "Maybe John Gard actually approves of this level of spending. It's up to the Senate to do better."

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