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November 20, 2009
It was on Black Friday two years ago that state Rep. Leah Vukmir proposed doing away with the law, replacing it with one she said protects small business, while still allowing Wisconsin consumers to find bargains without have to cross the border. “We have Wisconsin consumers crossing state lines contributing to other state's economies, namely Illinois and Minnesota,” Vukmir said.
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September 16, 2009
Recommendations made to the task force have been incorporated in a number of legislative proposals...Representative Leah Vukmir of Wauwatosa said the GOP will push to allow Wisconsin employers to purchase health insurance plans from out-of-state, something they can’t do now.
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September 16, 2009
State Sen. Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) has come out in support of Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton for governor at a time when most Democrats are staying on the sidelines...Sullivan is facing what is expected to be a tough re-election campaign next year because of a challenge by state Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa).
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September 8, 2009
Vukmir said she might favor a mayoral takeover if she believed that Barrett was a strong leader who could follow through with drastic changes. "If I thought Mayor Barrett was a passionate reformer, I'd be in favor of this," Vukmir said. "But I don't think he is."
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July 21, 2009
State Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, was honored Friday by her peers as Legislator of the Year at the 36th annual American Legislative Exchange Council meeting in Atlanta.
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July 2, 2009
With at least one state representative, Leah Vukmir in Wauwatosa, announcing her plan to challenge Sen. Jim Sullivan, the Republican Party of Wisconsin has started looking for other seats to target.
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June 26, 2009
Rep. Leah Vukmir... is co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 168, which would require every "earmark" to have its author's name attached. It also would mandate a 24-hour advance notice on all budget motions, live video streaming of Joint Finance Committee meetings and the recording of all votes.more
June 25, 2009
State Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, announced this morning that she will run for the state's 5th District Senate seat.more
June 25, 2009
Announcing her candidacy in front Gilles' custard, the kind of small business she says she'll work to help, Vukmir set her sights on the Senate seat held by Wauwatoswa Democrat Jim Sullivan.more
June 20, 2009
The other reform measure has been introduced by Reps. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Rich Zipperer (R-Pewaukee). It would require disclosure of who made motions or suggested earmarks during Joint Finance Committee meetings, would require 48-hour notice of earmarks, would require that Joint Finance Committee executive sessions relating to the budget bill be available in real time for public viewing on the Legislature's Web site and would tighten rules for lobbyists.more
June 13, 2009
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) said she was frustrated by the amendments and called both measures part of an effort by some Milwaukee Democrats to gut the choice program...If it becomes law, the change would reverse a 2006 compromise that would have allowed participation to grow to 22,500.more
May 29, 2009
State Reps. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Rich Zipperer (R-Pewaukee) are authors of a bill that would require disclosure of who made motions or suggested earmarks during Joint Finance Committee meetings.more
April 5, 2009
We know it's a failure, and for one reason or another, year after year, politicians do nothing but use MPS as a pawn. Critics cite MPS as the result of all that is wrong with our educational system, a financial drain, the black eye on Wisconsin's education scorecard, an adult jobs program for teachers, administrators and bureaucrats.more
March 25, 2009
In recent years, Wisconsin Republicans sympathetic to the voucher cause were able to block such proposals because they controlled the lower house of the state legislature. In the November election, they lost that majority to the Democrats. Now, many observers say some form of the governor's proposal is likely to pass. If that happens, some supporters fear the MPCP will begin to unravel, as participating schools grapple with the related costs. It would mean "death by a thousand cuts," says state Rep. Leah Vukmirmore
March 21, 2009
Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, confirmed this week she is returning the $2,530 annual pay hike Wisconsin's 132 lawmakers started receiving in their Feb. 1 paychecks.more
March 20, 2009
Two Wisconsin lawmakers, Rep. Leah Vukmir and Rep. Bill Kramer, are proposing further legislation that would deal with potential and actual predatory pricing to protect the independent retailers.more
March 11, 2009
State Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, who along with Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, and Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, has been pushing for a full repeal of the minimum markup law, said the decision is a big victory for Wisconsin consumers.more
February 17, 2009
On the Assembly side, two GOP lawmakers said Friday they would renew their push to have the entire Unfair Sales Act repealed. "It is our opinion that it is now imperative to pass the . . . Competitive Marketplace Act, repeal of the entire Unfair Sales Act, setting up a statutory framework that mirrors federal antitrust policy," said state Reps. Bill Kramer of Waukesha and Leah Vukmir of Wauwatosa in a statement. "This would free prescription drugs, and a host of other goods, from the strictures of state law."more
February 16, 2009
Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, has joined...Reps. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, Bill Kramer R-Waukesha, and Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, to improve state accounting methods and allow more public scrutiny of the state budget.more
February 14, 2009
Kerkman said she is cosponsoring a constitutional amendment authored by Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, which would strike the words “or diminished” from the article prohibiting public officers’ compensation from being increased or diminished during a term of office. The amendment would have the practical effect of allowing lawmakers to refuse raises without tax implications.more
February 11, 2009
Assembly Republicans unveiled a package of bills Tuesday that call for an overhaul of the state budget process. State Representative Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) says one goal is to end the frequent reliance on one-time revenue sources to balance the budget.more
February 11, 2009
To increase government transparency and accountability, four Assembly Republicans announced the proposal of a package of bills to change the way the state budget is handled. Reps. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, and Brett Davis, R-Oregon, introduced the proposals at a press conference Tuesday morning. more
February 10, 2009
Some worry any federal stimulus money will be used to help solve the state’s $5.7 billion budget shortfall through the end of the next two-year budget in June 2011 but leave the state worse off financially in future years..."We need to begin this process of putting Wisconsin on the road to honest budgeting," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa.more
February 6, 2009
Nineteen of Wisconsin's 132 legislators claimed daily expense stipends that totaled more than $10,000 in 2008 and two of them - Rep. Marlin Schneider (D-Wisconsin Rapids) and former Rep. Terry Musser (R-Black River Falls) - collected $13,464 each.more
January 30, 2009
“Candidate Obama used broad generalities to describe how his health care plan would preserve private insurance and allow us to choose our own doctors,” said Wisconsin state Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa). “In reality, though, Obama and Daschle are about to create the Fannie Mae of health care. They are about to give us rationed health care we can’t believe in.”more
January 29, 2009
Enrollment reached 926,600 people last month, up from 688,500 in January 2003, when Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle took office...Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) said she was concerned that as Medicaid enrollment grows, participants won't get the same quality of care. more
December 6, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, wasn't open to the idea. Vukmir, a nurse and the outgoing chairwoman of the Assembly health committee, criticized the plan's possible mandate and focus on insurance reform rather than on the costs of medical care itself. "It doesn't get to the root of the problem" of rising costs, Vukmir said.more
October 15, 2008
Leah Vukmir responds to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel candidate questionnaire.more
September 22, 2008
"It's troubling because this was supposed to cost nothing," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, chairwoman of the Assembly Health Committee. "The program has opened up to far more people than was anticipated."more
September 11, 2008
"Solutions that come from the private sector is the best situation," she said. "Government can help by getting out of the way."more
August 21, 2008
For too long, state insurance regulation has been the toy of Big Public Health, special interest advocates, and, quite frankly, legislators attempting to look good on paper. But, there are exceptions...more
August 21, 2008
State Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) pointed to the poll’s finding of growing support for allowing students to attend private schools at the public expense. The share of respondents who favored this idea increased to 44% in 2008 from 39% the year before.more
August 13, 2008
“We all agree that health care costs are out of control. Their plan doesn’t address the cost of health care. All it does is take the current amount of money that we spend on health care premiums, spread it around to a payroll tax on employers and employees, and then magically assume that we’re going to continue to have the quality of health care that we’ve all come know in our state,” Vukmir says.more
July 28, 2008
Americans for Prosperity (AFP-WI) today applauded Wisconsin State Representative Leah Vukmir for signing the group’s “No Climate Tax Pledge.” By doing so, Vukmir pledges to “oppose legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in state revenue.”more
July 24, 2008
On Tuesday, state GOP Reps. Leah Vukmir, of Wauwatosa, and Bill Kramer, of Waukesha, urged Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle to call a special session to repeal the markup law. Doyle, who also supports repealing the law, said Wednesday he wouldn't call lawmakers back into session if "the votes aren't there."more
July 23, 2008
State Reps. Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha) and Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) introduced a bill this session to repeal the minimum markup law and replace it with a new law that would have limited the Legislature's ability to set prices.more
July 23, 2008
As gas prices have soared, so has the effect of a Depression-era state law that mandates gas stations mark up the price at the pump, a new study by a conservative research group argues.more
June 20, 2008
"I want to thank Leah for helping to derail the socialized medicine train in Wisconsin," Michael Fredrich, Manitowoc Custom Molding president and forum moderator, said of state Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa.more
June 19, 2008
Vukmir said if health care were a free market, competition would cause prices to drop. Making people more informed about the costs of health care would help them make better decisions - like not going to the emergency room for a hangnail, she said.more
May 15, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, scolded her colleagues for not having the backbone to cut spending.more
May 14, 2008
State Representative Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) was among those who argued that lawmakers should be focusing on overspending, rather than just pushing off the current problems to the next budget cycle.more
May 14, 2008
"We need to start over," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa. "We need to get serious and we need to address our fiscal problems right now." Vukmir said she hoped Doyle would veto the entire bill.more
May 14, 2008
Members of both parties bashed the deal on the Assembly floor, calling it irresponsible for refinancing the state's tobacco settlement payments, relying on what they called accounting tricks and not making tougher budget cuts. "If we cannot find the resolve to actually cut spending in an economic downturn, we will never be able to do so," said Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa).more
March 4, 2008
Wauwatosa Republican Leah Vukmir was among members voting against the bill. Vukmir says the bill denies business owners the right to decide what goes on in their establishments.more
March 4, 2008
"All the media attention and bringing Lance Armstrong here hasn't changed my mind," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, one of the three members of the Assembly committee who voted against the bill.Acknowledging Armstrong's "Live Strong" motto, Vukmir said, "I prefer to live free."more
February 23, 2008
State Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) is calling for an estimate of sticker prices for a procedure costing over $500.more
February 6, 2008
Thanks to the efforts of pro-market legislators like Wisconsin State Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), who spent a great deal of time, resources, and political capital educating their fellow representatives, and the state’s voters, about what a poor policy decision it would be to enact the expensive and inefficient program, the 2007 attempt at government-run health care was removed from the state budget it had been inserted into, and was scrapped entirely.more
February 5, 2008
What they're really doing, say west suburban Republicans Leah Vukmir and Ted Kanavas, is throwing a spike into the kind of compulsory plan Democrats were proposing with Healthy Wisconsin, wherein everyone would have to get health insurance through a state-run "market" and all the plans would be state-designed.more
February 4, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) are asking fellow members to co-sponsor an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would explicitly give people the right to enter into private contracts with health care providers and to purchase health care coverage.more
February 4, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Health and Health Care Reform, said she's interested in working with Doyle to find some common ground on market-based solutions, especially for small businesses.more
February 4, 2008
"It is unfortunate that this basic, fundamental right is under attack and that such an amendment is even necessary. This defense of personal liberty should be presented to the voters in every state. I applaud Arizonans for leading the way."more
February 1, 2008
Still, Republican state Rep. Leah Vukmir of Wauwatosa said she hopes the time is right to move forward with a new approach. Along with state Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, she has introduced legislation that would repeal the minimum markup law while beefing up state prohibitions on predatory pricing and monopolistic practices.more
January 25, 2008
Such a rating system "usually ends up driving up costs," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, chairwoman of the Assembly health committee. "The healthier ones are going to look for cheaper insurance and that leaves the sick ones in there."more
January 24, 2008
“I was actually happy with much of what Governor Doyle had to say last night,” Vukmir said. “He acknowledged we will need to work together to address state spending. If we do have a recession we will have to make significant cuts in spending.” Vukmir said she would like to see even more tax cuts than Doyle is proposing. “We must focus on broad tax relief that protects jobs,” she said.more
January 22, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Health and Health Care Reform, invited Jason Helgerson, the state's Medicaid director, to address concerns. more
January 1, 2008
State Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) said advocates of the universal plan began having problems when taxpayers started hearing about it. more
December 27, 2007
Children are less expensive than adults to cover and state officials hope to pay for this first round of BadgerCare Plus with $17.4 million gained from the HMO expansion and the streamlining of three existing Medicaid programs into one. Some Republicans such as Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, say the state should help families purchase private insurance rather than expand government health care.
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November 28, 2007
Wisconsin should kill, finally, its outdated and needless minimum markup law. A proposal by Reps. Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha) and Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) would do that and deserves a fair hearing in Madison.more
November 23, 2007
"We hear all kinds of stories of people who are leaving Wisconsin to go to neighboring states to make purchases because they're cheaper," said Rep. Leah Vukmir.more
November 23, 2007
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Health and Health Care Reform, said she would introduce her own proposal in the coming weeks. "Merely taking the top 50 procedures out there, what if you have procedure 51?" Vukmir said. "How does that help you?" more
November 22, 2007
A proposal from two Milwaukee-area legislators would repeal Wisconsin's minimum markup law and replace it with a new Competitive Marketplace Act.more
October 26, 2007
Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, the chairwoman of the Assembly health committee, said she also still opposes the "sick tax." Vukmir said Doyle proposed using $125 million of the tax money for something other than reimbursements for hospitals.more
October 24, 2007
The tax increases were too much for Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa. "This budget simply isn't good enough. In fact, it's not good at all," she said.more
October 23, 2007
Huebsch touted the budget as one that keeps government spending in line with taxpayers' ability to pay, but Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), a no-tax-increase pledge signer, disagreed. "This is not a Republican budget, it is a Democratic budget; and it's riddled with earmarks and favors and new spending that we simply cannot afford," she said.more
September 13, 2007
To opponents, the proposal will lead to a massive expansion of state government, hurt small businesses and prove fiscally untenable. "This is a government-run health care plan," Vukmir said. "It is a top-down, government controlled takeover of the funding and financing of health care."
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August 23, 2007
“This plan doesn’t reform, all it does is change who pays for our current health care,” said Vukmir, calling the plan a re-allocation of current health care dollars.more
August 11, 2007
Unleashing an army of consumers with information and tools with which to make personal decisions about health care is the only way to lower health care costs, expand access and protect the high-quality health care we have come to expect in Wisconsin.more
August 10, 2007
"There are three different versions of budgets out there, and not one of them include 'Two Cents for Tooth Sense,'" said committee chairwoman Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa. "We have a commitment to dealing with dental care and dental issues, but the idea of creating a special tax on soda, when we are saying no to gasoline and cigarette taxes, makes no sense."more
August 4, 2007
The Republican-controlled Assembly's stance, in ideology and scale, is a sharp contrast to the Democrat-controlled Senate's wide-ranging proposal to provide health insurance to nearly everyone in the state. The Senate plan would remake - critics say "blow up" - the state's health care system in an effort to expand coverage and control costs.more
May 31, 2007
Under Vukmir's bill, a county, municipality or school district could "unilaterally change its employees' health care coverage plan provider without the consent of any affected employee in the collective bargaining unit." The bill requires that health coverage must remain "substantially similar" to whatever was provided before.more
May 15, 2007
The voters did not abandon our Republican agenda, but many of our Republican office holders did. The voters still believe in our conservative ideals, but we must once again become worthy of our message and the beliefs we profess to hold.more
April 14, 2007
"The speed at which we're moving from FDA approval to state mandate is unprecedented," Vukmir said. Medical providers should take time to see potential problems and side effects that weren't picked up in FDA testing, she said. Vukmir also said the decision whether to provide the vaccine to a young girl should rest with the health care provider and parents.more
April 4, 2007
Vukmir encouraged SeniorCare participants to begin looking at prescription drug plans available through different insurers. For some, especially those with higher incomes who pay annual deductibles between $500 and $850, a Medicare Part D plan might turn out to be a cheaper option, she said.more
March 5, 2007
"If the legislation comes before my committee, it's not going anywhere," said Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Milwaukee, the Assembly health committee chairwoman.more
January 25, 2007
Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Health and Health Care Reform and a nurse, said speeding the use of electronic medical records was also part of Assembly Republicans' efforts to bring down the cost of health care.more
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