Gard has said he has doubts about the need for SB 1, which would merge the Ethics and Elections boards and give a new panel enforcement powers. Supporters and McCormick have accused Gard of trying to kill the reforms. But campaign spokesman Brandon Rosner defended his boss, saying that he recently pushed legislation requiring more transparency in the state contracting process through the Assembly.
"You're going to see a vote on SB 1, I assume, or some version of it," Rosner said.
John Gard - 4/28/06
Supporters of a bill to merge the state Ethics and Elections boards into a new agency with more power said Thursday the measure likely is dead.
In a closed caucus, Assembly Republicans voted not to bring the measure to the floor for a vote, effectively killing the bill, which would create a nonpartisan Government Accountability Board to enforce campaign finance rules, lobbying laws and the code of ethics that governs public officials.
"Unfortunately, the leader in the Assembly made it very clear that he did not want this bill up for a vote," said McCormick, referring to Assembly Speaker John Gard, R-Peshtigo.
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