MADISON - Republican lawmakers plan to vote next week to remove the pillars of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget — including his plans to expand health care under the Affordable Care Act, establish nonpartisan redistricting, legalize medical marijuana, cap enrollment in voucher schools and provide driver's licenses to people who are here illegally.

Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills and Rep. John Nygren of Marinette, who lead the GOP-controlled budget-writing committee, said Wednesday they also would seek to remove Evers' plan to increase the minimum wage and his proposal to eliminate the state's right-to-work law, which bans labor contracts that require workers to pay union fees.

Republicans are also expected to scrap Evers' plans to implement automatic voter registration and scale back a tax break for manufacturers.

But they're leaving in place — at least for now — Evers' plan to raise the gas tax by nearly 10 cents a gallon over the next two years.

"The governor spends so much, the next budget would start with a $2 billion structural deficit," Darling and Nygren said in a statement. "The bottom line is his budget is unsustainable, irresponsible and jeopardizes the progress we've made in the last eight years."

The leaders of the Joint Finance Committee also said they expect Evers to pursue the items removed from the budget as separate legislation.

But with Republicans controlling the Legislature, Evers' proposals are likely to be thrown out for good if the committee agrees to remove the items next week.

A spokeswoman for Evers did not have a reaction to the committee leaders' decision but in a tweet noted the Republican legislative leaders announced their decision minutes before they were set to attend a fundraiser in Washington for Wisconsin Republicans.

"Wisconsin Republicans announced their plan to ignore the will of the people and deny healthcare coverage to 82,000 more Wisconsinites during a $1k per person (minimum) fundraiser in DC," Evers' spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff said.

Democrats rip GOP on health care

Democrats on the Legislature’s budget committee decried the move, saying Republicans were blowing a hole in the budget by refusing to take the Affordable Care Act money. Doing so would expand the state’s Medicaid program, BadgerCare Plus, to 82,000 more people and free up $324 million in state funds over two years that could have been used for other purposes.

“That’s going to pull (state tax) monies that could have been invested in our K-through-12 public schools — that the UW desperately needs,” said Democratic Rep. Chris Taylor of Madison.

“It sounds like in their very first move outside the context of the rest of the health care budget they’re going to take away the cornerstone of the governor’s entire health care plan for the next two years,” said Rep. Evan Goyke, a Milwaukee Democrat.

The committee will begin to rewrite Evers' two-year, $83 billion spending plan next week, and Wednesday's announcement made clear Republicans are committed to carrying through with their plan to overhaul it from top to bottom.

Republicans have bristled at a range of provisions, especially ones that would increase taxes and end drug screening and work requirements in public benefits programs — proposals the committee also plans to vote to remove.

The GOP leaders on Wednesday also said they planned to drop Evers’ proposal to borrow $40 million to replace lead pipes. Republicans in recent weeks said they didn’t like his proposal in part because they thought too much of the money would go to Milwaukee.

"Over the last eight years, due to Republican reforms, Wisconsin has experienced tremendous growth," the committee leaders said. "We can't afford to go backward now."

Another item on its way out is Evers' $28 million plan to reduce infant mortality and increase funding for women's health care. Republicans oppose the plan in part because it would allow Planned Parenthood — an organization opposed by conservatives because it provides abortions — to receive federal funding for family planning services.

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They also plan to pull from the budget Evers’ proposal to raise the age for charging teenagers as adults. Wisconsin is one of six states that treats 17-year-olds as adults when they are accused of crimes. Evers wanted to raise the age to 18.

Republicans on the committee also plan to strip from the budget a proposal to phase out the state's private voucher program for students with disabilities and a plan that would cap enrollment on three private voucher school programs for students living in low-income and middle-class households, including in Milwaukee.

Evers has said the state cannot afford to adequately fund the state's public schools and provide public funding for students enrolled in private schools, but Republicans have argued children whose families cannot afford to physically move should be able to choose their schools.

Also on the chopping block is Evers’ proposal to change how big-box retailers are assessed. Local officials, Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the existing system because the value of thriving stores is based in part on the value of retailers that have closed, known as dark stores. With lower assessments, the retailers pay less in property taxes.

Evers proposed legalizing medical marijuana and ending fines and criminal penalties for recreational marijuana, but Republican leaders said Wednesday they planned to throw out those measures.

GOP to block redistricting change

The GOP leaders also intend to keep in place a system that allows lawmakers to draw legislative and congressional district maps in favor of one party. Evers wanted to have a nonpartisan commission draw the lines — an idea that some have seized on after Republicans approved maps in 2011 that have helped them keep a robust majority in the Legislature.

Republicans also want to throw out Evers’ plan to make in-state tuition and driver’s licenses available to immigrants who are in the United States illegally.

The GOP leaders announced their plans to drop those proposals just hours after 4,000 people came to the Capitol to rally for Evers’ plans on driver’s licenses and in-state tuition.

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While many of Evers' ideas face a dim future in the Legislature, it's unclear how lawmakers will respond to his transportation plan given the committee's decision not to seek to remove Evers' proposed gasoline tax increase. Republicans have been split on road funding for years.

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But committee leaders do plan to vote to remove Evers’ proposal to end the state’s minimum markup law that requires retailers in most cases to mark up the price of gas 9.18% above the average wholesale price. Gas stations are allowed to set prices below that level to meet competitors' prices.

The Evers administration estimated the change would cut gas prices by 14 cents a gallon. Coupled with Evers' increase in the gas tax, prices could drop by 6 cents a gallon initially, the administration contends.

Republican lawmakers floated a similar plan in 2017 that would have raised the gas tax while curbing the minimum markup law, but the idea flopped when then-Gov. Scott Walker said he would not back it.