Bill Kramer

Bill Kramer is a Republican member of the Wisconsin state Assembly, representing Wisconsin’s 97th Assembly District, which is located in Waukesha, WI.

Kramer was reelected on November 6, 2012.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Kramer is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and sits on ALEC's Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force. In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rep. Kramer co-authored 3 bills that reflect ALEC models, according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy.

Senate Bill 114 Co-Sponsorship
Senate Bill 114 (non-partisan WI Legislative Reference Bureau Summary): "The bill requires the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) to prepare an earmark transparency report on each biennial budget bill and on each amendment thereto. The report must contain all of the following: a list of all earmarks; the cost of each earmark; and the beneficiary of each earmark.  If the beneficiary is an individual, LFB must identify the assembly and senate district in which the beneficiary resides. If the beneficiary is an entity, LFB must identify the assembly and senate district in which the beneficiary is located, incorporated, or organized.  With respect to an amendment to a biennial budget bill, LFB must identify the representative to the assembly or senator who proposed the earmark." (SB-114)* (compare with ALEC Act Relating to Creating a Searchable Budget Database for State Spending Model Language)