Supporters get chance to make case for Kimberly-Clark bill
MADISON, Wis. -- Supporters of a $100 million incentive bill designed to keep a Kimberly-Clark Corp. plant in northeastern Wisconsin open and save about 400 jobs have what may be their final chance Wednesday to make their case.
The Legislature's budget committee held a hearing on the measure, which remains stalled in the state Senate even as the paper products giant founded nearly 150 years ago in Wisconsin is urging lawmakers to act. Kimberly-Clark originally asked for resolution by the end of September but agreed to wait to make a final decision about the plant until the Legislature acts at the urging of Gov. Scott Walker and others.
The GOP-controlled Assembly passed the bill earlier this year, but it has stalled in the Senate because it doesn't have enough Republican votes to pass. Republicans hold an 18-15 majority in that chamber, but three senators are publicly opposed. That means at least two Democrats would have to break ranks to vote for it.
Democrats have not indicated support, while conservative groups including the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, the MacIver Institute, the Badger Institute, and FreedomWorks are united against it, calling the plan an unnecessary corporate giveaway.
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