Baldwin, Steil on divided Congress


Baldwin, Steil on divided Congress



[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WISN-TV] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] RIGHT NOW ON UPFRONT — WHAT A GREAT DAY. THE U.S. SENATE ENSHRINING SAME SEX MARRIAGE. THE BILL AS AMENDED HAS PASSED. SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN LEADING THIS HISTORIC EFFORT IS HERE AS CONGRESS NOW RACES TO THE END OF THE YEAR INTERJECTING ON A LOOMING NATIONWIDE RAIL STRIKE. WE’LL COVER IT ALL. THEN, REPUBLICANS JUST DAYS FROM CONTROLLING THE U.S. HOUSE. STOP RECKLESS SPENDING IN WASHINGTON. WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN BRYAN STEIL. HIS NEW ROLE ON THE TRANSITION TEAM, HAND-PICKED BY KEVIN MCCARTHY. AND THE POTENTIAL CHAIRMANSHIP IN HIS FUTURE. THEN, WISCONSIN’S SUPREME COURT RACE INTENSIFYING. JUDGE JENNIFER DOROW IS IN. I AM EXCITED TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY. FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JANINE GESKE ON THE HIGH STAKES AHEAD. AND, ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. THE IMPLICATIONS AND THE FINAL REPORT JUST DAYS AWAY. TAKING ON THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO WISCONSIN, THIS IS “UPFRONT .” A BUSY WEEK IN WASHINGTON. STILL KEY ISSUES LOOMING. AS THE LAME DUCK SESSION IN FULL SWING ON CAPITOL HILL. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS BUSY SUNDAY. MAJOR BIPARTISAN MOVEMENT ON CAPITOL HILL. CONGRESS AVERTING A RAIL STRIKE THAT THREATENED TO CRIPPLE COMMERCE NATIONWIDE. AND NOW AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK AFTER RETURNING TO THE HOUSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL SIGN LEGISLATION SPEARHEADED BY SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN THAT WILL FEDERALLY PROTECT SAME-SEX AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES. SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN JOINS US NOW FROM OUR NATION’S CAPTIOL IN WASHINGTON. SENATOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU. SEN. BALDWIN: GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. MATT: WHY DID YOU VOTE YES? SEN. BALDWIN: AN INTERRUPTION WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR ELL WORKERS HAVE BEEN WORKED TO THE BONE. THEY DESERVE PAID SICK LEAVE. WE TRIED OUR BEST TO ADD THAT TO THE AGREEMENT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. MATT: HAVE YOU RECEIVED ASSURANCES ENOUGH THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN, PAID SICK LEAVE? SEN. BALDWIN: WE WILL BE BRINGING IT UP AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ASSURED OF ALL EMPLOYEES. I KNOW WE BELIEVE THAT DEEPLY. WE LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC. FORWARD BUT EVERY PERSON DESERVES THE DIGNITY OF PAID SICK LEAVE. MATT: THIS IS A REMOVED BY CONGRESS, THE FIRST TIME INTERVENING SINCE THE 1990’S. SHOULD CONGRESS DICTATE TERMS OF AGREEMENT LIKE THIS? SEN. BALDWIN: THIS IS SOMETHING BEING DONE TO AVERT A CRISIS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE NORM. MATT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RESPECT FOR A MARRIAGE ACT THAT PASSED OF THIS WEEK, A MEASURE YOU WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO NEGOTIATE FOR. AT WHAT MOMENT IN THIS PROCESS DID YOU KNOW THE VOTES WERE THERE TO PASS? SEN. BALDWIN: I AM SOMEONE WHO COUNTS THE VOTES AND IS VERY CAUTIOUS, SO I WAS WAITING FOR THE…



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