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| What WOULD Lincoln think of his home state |
The
governor clearly is trying to pressure the Democrats who run the General
Assembly to shut up and do what he tells them to by expecting them to back the
budget proposal he and the Republican minority of legislators have created on
their own.
DEMOCRATS
ARE CLEARLY taking the food they’re being force-fed during the ongoing "special session" and spitting it back in the
GOP face, what with the legislative sessions they have held Wednesday and Thursday that barely lasted 20 or so minutes each – and included many no-shows,
particularly amongst Senate Democrats who claim they already voted to pass a
budget plan and it’s time for everybody else to get on board with them!
It
means nothing is happening toward putting together a budget plan that would
enable Illinois state government to operate semi-normally. Everybody is busy blaming everybody else for that whole lot of nothingness.
It
means that we’re clearly headed for two full years without an operating budget.
Nothing is likely to change between now and July 1 (which is the first day of
the state’s Fiscal ’18).
The
blame game will continue – and yes, it’s likely the Republican Party will
continue to issue its daily statements as it has since Wednesday lambasting
Democrats for causing problems by not doing what Rauner tells them to do.
IN
SHORT, BEHAVING as though Democrats are actually the majority party that controls
the legislative process – rather than a minority party with a loud mouth, but
little influence.
Which,
sadly to say, is what the Republican Party in Illinois has devolved to.
That,
rather than anything Rod Blagojevich might have said or did, is what is likely
to have Abraham Lincoln spinning over in his grave.
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