The Illinois House adjourned today without taking override votes on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a spending and budget plan. Only 59 members were in attendance this morning, so the House will convene on Thursday at 1:30.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner used his official veto message to call out Speaker Mike Madigan and demand spending reforms. The governor yesterday vetoed the 32-percent income-tax increase and the Democrat's 36-billion-dollar state budget. The governor said he cannot support a plan that raises taxes on people in Illinois without first getting spending reforms that will force government in the state to live within its means.
Lawmakers were summoned to Springfield for 10 days of special session on June 21, and have been in session since. A new fiscal year began on July 1st, and credit agencies had warned that without a spending plan in place, the state’s bond rating could be downgraded to “junk” status. The state has been without a full budget since July 1, 2015.
