Not the consent calendar.
Thank you GOP for stepping up to defend the purity of the consent calendar.
=Republicans say 82% have Democratic sponsors while only 18% came from their caucus.=
Maybe it has to do with the fact that so many GQP bills take direct aim at Democratic priorities that are supported by the majority of the population of Illinois (See election results).
Or maybe the GQP is too busy fighting science.
- Flyin Elvis -Utah Chapter - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 9:08 am:
Kinda hard to be taken seriously when Darren Bailey could quite possibly be your candidate for gov.
+the Democrat-controlled legislature+
- Just Me 2 - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 9:20 am:
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Longest-serving legislative leader in US history steps aside as Illinois House Democrats choose first Black speaker
Longest-serving legislative leader in US history steps aside as Illinois House Democrats choose first Black speaker
ByThe Associated Press
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Longest-serving legislative leader in US history steps aside as Illinois House Democrats choose first Black speaker.
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given this discourse about rahm emanuel as the great political animal and the idea this is a long-held problem, i got to say, i lived in chicago for a lot of years. it is not like having a mayor who has some corruption problems. like that s completely new to the city of chicago. so what is it about this case that is the last straw. i think it is a combination. let s face it, rahm emanuel wasn t elected by chicagoans because they liked the guy. they thought he was competent. they thought he was kind of going to be the adult in the room, the guy who pledged to make hard decisions. now you look at what s going on in the city over these last couple of months, you ve got increase in property taxes. a huge increase in property taxes. you have the city looking to go to illinois state government, which is six months without a state budget. the city needs $900 million in help with the schools, with transit, with other things.
described it as people going a little berserk down there because what they re facing down there is potentially an inch orioo of frozen rain, sleet, turning into frozen rain, then another 3-4 inches of sleet on top of that, then maybe 6 inches of snow on top of that. virtually every governor in every state that even has a corner of their state involved in this has declared an emergency. in the chicago area, schools that have not already preemptively closed have basically said that we re going to be shutting down early today to get ready for this particular storm, and a lot of schools and public agencies are taking a look at shutting things down, the illinois state government, the legislature decided not to hold not to hold session because the travel will be too dangerous. bill: that s got to be a pretty big deal to shut down chicago and other parts of illinois. it s not like you guys are stranger to big storms, steve! no, not hardly. i mean, we had a storm of