Wisconsin Assembly leaders in February approved a rule banning fundraising by members while the state is debating the budget.

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Wisconsin Assembly leaders in February approved a rule banning fundraising by members while the state is debating the budget. Majority Leader Thomas Nelson said the ban is groundbreaking and the strongest campaign finance reform in decades. "You have 99 campaign committees that will be effectively shut down for three or four months, however long the budget cycle will occur," Nelson said. "This is specific reform that people have been talking about for the last decade, and here today we finally acted on it." But the ban does...