Thread by @MollyBeck

The state Senate will meet at 11 a.m. today to take up the COVID-19 relief bill again.

It's expected to pass and will go to @GovEvers' desk. Evers has signaled he doesn't support it. The bill was amended by the Assembly after Evers and Senate Republicans struck a deal.

@GovEvers Legislative Democrats in a presser this morning say they are introducing a bill to mandate masks statewide. The announcement comes ahead of the Senate's extraordinary legislative session.

@GovEvers By the way, an "extraordinary session" is the name of a floor session called by the legislative leaders outside of the normal calendar. (That is not me editorializing.)

.@jvanegeren in presser asks @RepStubbs, co-chair of Assembly taskforce on racial disparities, if she believes the panel will be effective given co-chair @RepSteineke's August comments about it being a "political loser."

Stubbs didn't answer and the presser was ended.

@jvanegeren @RepStubbs @RepSteineke Background here: jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

@jvanegeren @RepStubbs @RepSteineke Democratic Sen. @JonErpenbach of West Point says AB1, the COVID-19 relief bill, will likely be vetoed. He says Senate should reject Assembly COVID-19 bill and keep deal w/ Evers

"The pandemic is still going to be here and we will have nothing to show for it," he says.

@jvanegeren @RepStubbs @RepSteineke @JonErpenbach Republican @SenKooyenga of Brookfield is back on the floor urging the reopening of schools that are still providing virtual instruction. He backs the bill b/c of a measure that expands the state's open enrollment program during the pandemic.

@jvanegeren @RepStubbs @RepSteineke @JonErpenbach @SenKooyenga Democratic @SenChrisLarson of Milwaukee also says this bill will be vetoed.

@jvanegeren @RepStubbs @RepSteineke @JonErpenbach @SenKooyenga @SenChrisLarson Wisconsin state Senate passes COVID-19 relief bill likely heading for a veto 19-11.