Only for the truly politically addicted

The Wispolitics Budget Blog written by Greg Bump covers the proceedings of the WI Joint Finance Committee and provides analysis of how they are adjusting Governor Doyle's 2005-2007 budget. It's been a great resource for me so far in my internship with the Governor's office, sharing information that would be difficult to obtain without actually being present at the committee meetings.

Bump provides every detail of the Committee's meetings:

The JFC Republicans have been accused repeatedly of breaking open meeting rules, most publicly by Assembly Minority Leader Jim Kreuser. The GOPers vehemently deny the charges, but hunger nearly drove them to a violation tonight.

During a break in the action, the Republican members had some pies delivered from Pizza Extreme to the conference room. Committee senators were already in the conference room, so when Assembly members stampeded in to grab a slice, they had to be held back by frightened but dutiful staffers to avoid a quorum.

“We averted it, so Rep. Kreuser can rest easy,” remarked one GOP staffer, still a little shaken by the memory of the horde of hungry lawmakers.

Pizza Quorum Narrowly Averted