Illinois Budget Impasse Would be Solved in No Time if these Folks Were in Charge
ICPR’s forum “Illinois Budget: Defining & Funding the Essential Priorities” is mentioned in this article
via REBOOT Illinois
“If the eight lawmakers on the dais Monday at the Union League Club were in control of budget talks in Springfield, the Illinois budget impasse would have been over long ago.
But the four Democrats and four Republicans who participated in Monday’s Illinois Campaign for Political Reform/Truth in Accounting state budget forum are caught in the deadlock between Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan. So, for that matter, is the rest of the state, which is watching its government build a deficit that could hit $10 billion by June 30.
‘I think this has been portrayed largely as a battle of wills between the governor and the speaker. And the reason for that is because it largely is,’ said Sen. Matt Murphy, R-Palatine.
The solution, Murphy said, is for people to pressure rank-and-file lawmakers to pressure their leader — whether it’s Madigan or Rauner.”
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