Governor refuses to give up. Lawmakers could see deposits as soon as tomorrow but will check for him, the governor, this time around. We caught up with the governor within the last hour. I dont think anyone should get paid in the legislature and i am not taking a paycheck until this important priority and job is done. A week after a judge heard arguments about the constitutionality of halting paychecks to get legislators to prioritize the pension problem in illinois the governor refused to defeat. We think a higher court will rule in our favor but meantime we think legislators will need to work with me to get a bill on my desk that we can say reforms the whole Pension System and erases its liability. And george ordered paychecks resume immediately. The lawsuit was filed by Michael Madigan and the Senate President and caught in the middle was an unsuspecting republican with the title of comptroller. Last month a judge suggested that she halted payments for legislators not because it was
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