The MacIver Institute is handing out the awards to celebrate the end of the legislative calendar. In part one, they handed out the following:
Steel Spine: Senator Tim Carpenter
Spine of Jello: Senator Kathleen Vinehout
Straight Talker: Senator Jeff Plale
Mr. Sensitivity: Representative Pedro Colon
Taxpayer Hero: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Raquel Rutledge
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State Representative Spencer Black blames the State Senate for not having the votes, the State Senate says it’s the Assembly’s fault because the bill is too expensive.

To give you an idea of why it’s so hard to pass the bill in the Senate, Senator Jeff Plale in the video says he’s reluctant to support it, [...]