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Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 January 2011 11:02 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 4 January 2011 11:02
Republicans take control of the Senate:
Members of the Senate were sworn in on Monday, as Republicans took control of the Senate.
Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Gableman swore in the lawmakers and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau.)
With the change in control of the Senate, Sen. Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) was named president of the Senate, replacing Sen. Fred Risser (D-Madison.)
Fitzgerald predicted that many bureaucrats and lobbyists will be disappointed under a Republican majority that is intent on shrinking the size of government and eliminating a two-year $3.3 billion deficit. “There will be very real changes to the status quo,” he told senators.
Republicans take control of the House:
Members of the state Assembly were sworn in Monday as Republicans take control of that chamber.
Supreme Court Justice David T. Prosser Jr., a former Assembly speaker who is running for re-election this year to the state’s highest court, swore in the lawmakers and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horicon).
Republicans now control the body 60-38 with one independent following their overwhelming win in November’s election. Nearly one-third of the body was sworn in for the first time.