Madigan: General Assembly To Vote On 30-day Essential Services Budget
From Reboot Illinois
House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday said the General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a 30-day budget to fund essential services.
The $2.26 billion budget would give the state legal authority to pay employees and other bills associated with what Madigan said are essential government functions.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has said repeatedly during the contentious budget process that he opposes passing a temporary budget. Rauner last week vetoed most of the Democrat-approved budget, saying it over-spent by $4 billion and violated the state constitution’s requirement that the state enact a balanced budget.
He has said he will help Democrats find new tax revenue to fill some of the budget gap only if they pass several economic and political reforms he has outlined in a plan called Illinois Turnaround. Madigan says Rauner is out of bounds in trying to use what he calls “non-budget issues” as bargaining chips in the budget process.
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From Reboot Illinois
House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday said the General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a 30-day budget to fund essential services.
The $2.26 billion budget would give the state legal authority to pay employees and other bills associated with what Madigan said are essential government functions.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has said repeatedly during the contentious budget process that he opposes passing a temporary budget. Rauner last week vetoed most of the Democrat-approved budget, saying it over-spent by $4 billion and violated the state constitution’s requirement that the state enact a balanced budget.
He has said he will help Democrats find new tax revenue to fill some of the budget gap only if they pass several economic and political reforms he has outlined in a plan called Illinois Turnaround. Madigan says Rauner is out of bounds in trying to use what he calls “non-budget issues” as bargaining chips in the budget process.
Read more in our daily News Update...