SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Lawmakers continue to learn new details about the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home. House members held two Veterans Affairs hearings over the past week. On Friday, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee asked about the errors and lack of communication leading to 36 residents dying.
Many still have questions about the response time at the LaSalle Home. Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) notes the facility had 171 COVID-19 cases before IDPH went to the home on November 12. Ten veterans had already died by that point in the outbreak.
Deputy Governor Sol Flores admits the administration should ve done more to prevent the loss of life. Reflecting on the situation, Flores said she would ve wanted the state to have a team at the facility sooner. However, blame has shifted back to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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I guess the strategy is to force Democrats to make politically controversial votes on symbolic bills brought forth by Republicans, so that Republicans can then do more attack ads and have a better shot in elections?
I guess that is the grand strategy.
However, that being said, if a bill can pass in the House with 50%+1, then it should be able to discharged from Rules.
I often wish that critics of what happens in the House would take the time to learn what actually happens in the House. Yes, on this IPI has taken a closer look.
When 118 recognition-driven pols produce 5000 plus bills, while we can only effectively handle the dozens that could could best benefit Illinois, there will automatically be frustration among members and their publics. How to manage that volume and resulting frustration is the biggest internal operations challenge.
That’s a great headline, Rich
Amen.
I am so glad you are calling this argument out. All I hear when folks talk about “process” with these bills are people frustrated they didn’t have more time to kill them.
All good points by Rich and I think most capfax followers agree. But your average citizen (and even your average editorial writer) is never, ever going to believe that a bill passed at 4:00 a.m. is the product of a solid, deliberative process. Not ever.
We really need to return to the regular, pre-COVID order of legislative business. Fairly or unfairly, the lame duck session undercut confidence in the legislative process we can’t afford that right now.