| Incumbent | Incumbent Web Page | Personal Web Page | Who funds the incumbent? |
Alan Lasee (R) |
Alan Lasee | Alan Lasee | Follow the Money |
F - Public funding of judicial campaigns |
 (SB171)
Incumbent voted AGAINST
passage of public funding of campaigns for judges. In a recent study by
Citizen Action, in 75% of the cases reaching the Supreme Court level
there was a campaign contributor on one side or the other. Campaigns for
judges are being financed by attorneys and business leaders. How's that
for justice? ALL Supreme Court Judges came out in support of this bill.
2/19/08 Sequence No. 200
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F - Healthy Wisconsin |
Incumbent
OPPOSED the Healthy Wisconsin amendment to the state budget. All
Democrats voted for it and all Republicans voted against it. Healthy
Wisconsin was opposed by the insurance industry and business
associations (though not the business members themselves). To understand
your representatives vote see Follow the Money
(upper right). For more on the benefits of Healthy Wisconsin see Sen.
Joe Leean's article
HERE |
B - Ethics Reform |
 (SB1)
Incumbent voted to pass an Ethics Reform bill in 2007, but voted to
block it in 2006.
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F - Healthcare - HSAs |
Incumbent
supports Health Savings Accounts, which as a tax subsidy
benefit the wealthy. But they are detrimental to the low- and
middle-income population who face high health care costs, or have them
imposed by employers. See more
HERE.
HSAs are supported by the insurance industry, bankers, credit card
companies and bankruptcy attorneys, all of whom have given campaigns
significant contributions to this legislator. See Follow the Money
(upper right) |
Many politicians refuse to answer the questions in the Project Vote-Smart solicitation because they don't want voters knowing where they stand on the issues! They like being able to fudge and evade when being asked about an issue, and having it on record and posted on the web is the last thing they want. Especially when it can be compared to their voting record while in session.
Project Vote-Smart Rating |
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Wisconsin Conservation VotersRated Incumbent at 11% acceptance |
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2006 record below |
(Many of those who did not reply simply do not want to go on record as supporting reforms they know they will vote against, and do not want to be held to their word. Others will say Yes and not mean it, or will vote as dictated by their party. It is up to constituents to hold their representatives to their word.)
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| Senate, District 1 | Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 | Question 5 | Question 6 |
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Alan J.
Lasee (Republican) (I) |
No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Lasee: I have served in the Wisconsin State Senate since 1977, serving as Senate President since 2003. It has been a tremendous honor working to represent my constituents. Without question, my number one priority is to continue to work hard on their behalf, help them work through their problems and listen to their ideas and suggestions. I am looking forward to returning to Madison to continue working on legislation to lower the burden on hardworking taxpayers, allow patients to meet health care needs in a cost-effective way and to move our economy forward through job creation. Additionally, I will continue my work on DNR regulatory reform[…]
F - Universal Health Care |
Incumbent has not been supportive of universal health care, and receives significant campaign contributions from the health care community. |
C - Campaign Finance Reform |
Incumbent has supported Ellis's SB46 or Freese's AB226 (a weak campaign reform bill that provides only partial 35% public funding of campaigns). |
F - Ethics Reform |
Incumbent voted to BLOCK an Ethics Reform bill (SB1). |
Your representative voted AGAINST this no-brainer. Those voting against SB1 like things just as they are, requiring virtually zero accountability on the part of politicians.
| Bill - SB1 (11/1/05 Sequence 239) | The Issue | How Senate Voted | Your Representative |
Senate Bill 1 - Establish a Government Accountability BoardIntroduced by Mike Ellis (R) in the Senate and
It was killed by the Assembly Republicans. This was a vote on whether to bring the ethics bill to the floor and allow a complete up-or-down vote. By voting against an open floor vote the assembly legislators effectively killed the bill and did not have to go on record as officially opposing ethics reform. |
Proponents claim: This bill would establish an independent ethics commission to oversee the state legislature and governor.
See www.wisdc.org
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Passed by a vote of 28 to 5 Voting for reform:
Voting to block reform:
See entire assembly roll call vote here and the senate roll call here. |
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Opponents claim: It is too intrusive, requiring the disclosure of personal finances.
(Isn't that what ethics is all about? How can they legitimately vote on an issue without disclosing any conflicts of interest?)
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* Incumbent voted Against bringing SB1 to the floor for a vote (this was NOT the vote preferred by the reform community) (was one of five voting against the bill) |
Republicans voting against reform were Grothman, Lasee and Reynolds, Democrats voting against reform were Decker and Taylor