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National Anthem Would Be Required Under Wisconsin Bill

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The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding.

 

That’s a stipulation of a mostly symbolic bill passed by the state Assembly yesterday.

 

The Assembly passed the proposal on a bipartisan 74-22 vote.

 

The measure now heads to the Senate.

 

Democrats derided it as a political stunt that was unworkable.

 

The requirement would apply at all levels of athletic events played on a field that ever received public money, from a bar league softball game at the local park to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. 

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