President Obama held a town hall meeting on health care attended by Senator Jon Erpenbach. Erpenbach is a part of working group of state legislators working with the White House helping shape the Presidents proposal and bringing the message of his health care plan to their home states.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach speaks at a Capitol press conference announcing a compromise that will put a statewide smokefree workplace ban in effect in Wisconsin on July 5, 2010.
Sen. Jon Erpenbach speaks in support of legislation to increase the minimum wage and index it to inflation.
July 1, 2009
A contentious issue in the budget this year was the creation of Regional Transit Authorities, entities that once created could enact an additional half-cent sales tax to be used for transportation needs in the governed area. While I think RTAs are a good idea to plan for our future transportation goals, I was disappointed with some of the Governor’s vetoes on this issue....
READ MOREJune 5, 2009
Last Friday the Joint Finance Committee completed its work on the state budget. While I am not a member of the Joint Committee on Finance, they did their job and came up with a balanced budget, despite finding out half-way through the process they needed to find an additional $1.6 billion in cuts. I will continue to fight to exclude non-fiscal items that have not been removed from the budget, including the auto insurance provisions and the civil liability changes which could have a significant unknown impact on Wisconsin consumers and businesses....
READ MOREMay 14, 2009
Madison – Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Waunakee) and Senator Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) will re-introduce tomorrow the comprehensive campaign finance reform proposal they have worked on together for ten years....
READ MOREApril 30, 2009
Joint Committee on Finance, Dane County Regional Transit Authority, Motion April 30th 2009...
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