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Originally Posted by donquixote99
News in today's paper is that Rauner vetoed the budget yesterday, and the Illinois senate immediately (withing 30 minutes, on the 4th of July) voted to override the veto. But the override may be tougher in the Illinois house, with action 'not scheduled' at the time of the report. 15 Republicans voted with the Democrats to initially pass the budget; I assume more than that will be needed for the override.
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The larger revolt was actually in the IL House where, as you reported, those 15 republicans voted in favor of the budget. No guarantees of course, so we shall see, but I'm hearing on the news that an over-ride is expected. It appears enough legislators from both sides would prefer to hang a continuing budget impasse on Rauner.