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A legislative committee Assembly Speaker Robin Vos touted as an "unprecedented" example of bipartisanship has only met once during the 2013-14 session.

The Assembly State and Federal Relations Committee, co-chaired by Reps. Leon Young, D-Milwaukee, and Travis Tranel, R-Cuba City, held one hearing over the past 16 months, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the Wheeler Report.

The informational hearing was on the Mississippi River and Dam System and resulted in a letter being sent to Congressional members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and House Sub-Committee on Water Resources and Environment.

A second committee Vos trumpeted for appointing a Republican and Democrat as co-leaders, the Assembly Constitution and Ethics Committee, led by Rep. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, and Jill Billings, D-La Crosse, held two public hearings.

The four committee co-chairs of the two committees did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

When Vos announced committee assignments in December 2012 he specifically focused on the bipartisan committees in a press release with the sub-headline: "The new speaker makes history by establishing two committees with bipartisan chairs."