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Trailer fee bill blocked in Springfield
$100 hike cut registrations by 150,000
Greg Bishop The Center Square
April 17, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD Despite broad bipartisan support for measures to reduce the tax Illinois levies on trailers, the legislation has failed to advance.
State Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Riverside, who is the chairman of the House Revenue and Finance Committee, said despite having more than enough cosponsors to pass the measure in the House, he won’t let it out of committee.
State Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Raymond, has sponsored House Bill 636 and obtained 62 co-sponsors for the bill more than enough to pass the House with a simple majority of bipartisan lawmakers. State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, has sponsored similar legislation, House Bill 36, which would reduce the annual registration fee from $118 to $18 for trailers that carry lightweight items like boats or riding lawn mowers.
Durbin, Duckworth praise $1.9 trillion relief package
Illinois will receive about $13.2 billion
Dan McCaleb The Center Square
March 7, 2021
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WASHINGTON – Illinois’ two U.S. senators, Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, praised Saturday’s passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan after their Saturday votes.
The massive bill passed Saturday on a party-line, 50-49 vote with one Republican absent.
“Relief is coming to hardworking families all across Illinois because of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan,” Duckworth said in a joint news release issued through Durbin’s office. The two joined Democratic colleagues in voting for the measure.