The Wisconsin State Budget Process: Where We Are Today

Flowchart courtesy of Blumenfeld and Associates LLC

Get to know the members of the Joint Committee on Finance,  a statutory, 16-member standing committee of the Wisconsin Legislature. The Committee's primary responsibility is to serve as the principal legislative committee charged with the review of all state appropriations and revenues.

The committee name is typically prefaced with the adjective "powerful".  [Also here, here.]. 

Senate members

Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), co-chair

Luther Olsen (R-Ripon)

Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls)

Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan)

Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin)

Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend)

Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse)

Robert Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie)

Assembly members

John Nygren (R-Marinette), co-chair

Pat Strachota (R-West Bend)

Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield)

Dean Knudsen (R-Hudson)

Daniel LeMahieu (R-Cascade)

John Klenke (R-Green Bay)

Cory Mason (D-Racine)

Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee)

Joint Committee on Finance, mapped.