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MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) – The current GOP co-chairs of the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee said they are holding off on approving funds for the Wisconsin Elections Commission after a letter from the Trump administration threatened to cut funding to the agency.

“We had intended to take that up today, out of caution. We think we’re just gonna wait and see,” said Senator Howard Markein (R-Spring Green). “We need to analyze this and see what implications there may be for the elections commission and what impact that may have on the budget.”

In a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, federal officials told the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) they were moving to have the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) bar WEC from receiving future federa

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