The Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature passed a bill to weaken the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, voting around dawn on Wednesday after debates that lasted through the night, according to Reuters.
Both the state Senate and Assembly passed the bill, and current Republican Governor Scott Walker has indicated he will sign it.
His successor, Democrat Tony Evers, has said he may mount a legal challenge.
The bill is aimed at preventing Evers and the incoming attorney general, Josh Kaul, from following through on campaign promises to end Wisconsin’s challenge to the federal Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
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