Illinois Senate nixes vetoes of budget plan with tax hike
Source: Washington Post
Illinois Senate nixes vetoes of budget plan with tax hike
By John O'Connor July 4 at 6:26 PM
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Senate voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauners vetoes of a $36 billion budget package Tuesday, including a $5 billion tax increase designed to start digging out of the nations longest budget crisis since at least the Great Depression.
The Democratic-controlled chamber completed its work within 30 minutes of the Republican governors vetoes, sending the package back to the House for an override vote that would give Illinois its first annual budget since 2015.
The House did not plan to take up the action Tuesday.
The package of legislation fails to address Illinois fiscal and economic crisis and in fact, makes it worse in the long run, the first-term governor wrote after his veto of the tax-increase bill. It does not balance the budget. It does not make nearly sufficient spending reductions.
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