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This just in… *** Guv signs supplemental ***
Tuesday, Aug 14, 2007 [Bumped to a Tuesday post from Monday to give it some more visibility.] And Gov. Blagojevich has not yet taken any action on the supplemental appropriations bill, which contains the legislative pay raises. He has until midnight tonight to sign it, veto out the raises, or do nothing and allow it to become law. * 4:55 pm - Don’t forget about the fundraiser tonight to help pay off Pat Thompson’s medical bills. It’s from 7:30 to 10:30 at Floyd’s Thirst Parlor in Springfield. 10 bucks, bottomless cups of beer, and pizza. * 7:18 pm - CBS2 reports that Congressman Denny Hastert is expected to annnounce that he will retire at the end of this term. The station also reports that many of Hastert’s top campaign people have found other jobs and that Hastert’s campaign website appears to be offline. According to Project Vote Smart, this is Hastert’s website. It’s gone. More here. * 10:47 pm - Still no word on the supplemental appropriations bill. I’m waiting just like some of you are. * 11:15 pm - According to the Secretary of State’s office, the governor has signed the supplemental appropriations bill. Pay raises for everybody. (OK, not everybody.) …Adding… I’m told the governor signed the supplemental and five other bills and filed them all at 10:40 pm tonight. Not sure yet what those other bills were. * 11:52 pm - From the governor’s office at 11:26 tonight…
[Links added by yours truly.]
- Posted by Rich Miller
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- Mongo - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 4:50 pm:
Surely he’ll act…when he didn’t before in the summer of 2003 the black caucus was offended and upset…he won’t risk alienating someone by accident…he’ll do it on purpose!
- Commonsense in Illinois - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 4:58 pm:
Wonder if the SOS indexing department will be open late this evening or if they will backdate a document filed tomorrow? Oh well, it’s only the Constitution.
- concerned constituent - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 5:00 pm:
Gov B. did take sign into law HB 215, known affectionately as the manure control bill. Write your own punch line here, but this bill is too little, too late, especially when it applies to the Gov and the 2007 budget process!
- Anon - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 5:39 pm:
Budget — Section 50. Money for legislative redistricting. $441K to the Speaker, $0 for the Minority Leader. Way to go, MJM!
- SeerSucker - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 5:41 pm:
Maybe the governor will finally act on the supplemental at the fundraiser tonight. Seems more his style to combine policy action with fundraising.
- In the Know - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 7:14 pm:
Anon 5:41pm
There is no money for the minority leader as they do not have a seat at the table. If you own the Gov mansion and the general assembly you get to redistrict without the minority party. The only way the lack of money becomes an issue is if any of the afformentioned changed to Republican hands.
- downhereforyears - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 8:08 pm:
Who cares, Hey Rod, “Check Mate”. You’re irrevalent, get used to it.
- curious - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 8:27 pm:
Maybe Hastert will come back and run for Governor if Cross doesn’t.
- Reddbyrd - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 8:47 pm:
Hastert did a great job for IL
- one of the 35 - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:15 pm:
If Hastert leaves, I fear for the future of Fermi Lab and the enormous economic positive impact it has for the State of Illinois.
- LINK - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:15 pm:
Surprised that no onementioned the “CMS Two” and how they returned to work today…but for how long?
- Me - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:31 pm:
Countdown = X-150 minutes. Rod sure is dramatic, I’ll give him that. Sheesh.
- North Shore - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:35 pm:
Yes — Hastert for Governor … a wrestler analogy is somewhere here but I can’t put my finger on it.
- A Citizen - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:37 pm:
- Me -
He’s not dramatic, he’s out jogging in never never land!
- It's Just Me - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:44 pm:
9:41 and still no action on the supplemental budget bill. Amazing.
I wonder what he’ll excuse he’ll have when it becomes law in 2 hours and 19 minutes.
- It's Just Me - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 9:44 pm:
Okay okay….16 minutes.
- Mongo - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 10:33 pm:
does anyone know the status of this now?
- Lainer - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 10:36 pm:
Anyone wanna bet we’ll be having a similar countdown on Oct. 12 (or 13, I might have counted wrong) for the main budget bill?
- member - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 10:38 pm:
He signs it. He is trying to avoid the media. Something he normally doesn’t do so I bet he signs it for the Senate Dems.
- Hoffman for Speaker - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 10:42 pm:
did he sign it then
- A Citizen - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 10:58 pm:
Has anyone (Paul?) seen the Black SUV in front of the SOS Index Division?
- fredbyrd - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:18 pm:
I just spotted the black SUV outside of a spinal clinic. He’s trying to get one at the last minute.
- fredbyrd - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:20 pm:
ooops. he actually was next store at a wig shop. my bad.
- A Citizen - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:23 pm:
I suppose this is a prelude to the Budget Bill - The 23rd hour signing? Yawn !
- Tired of Spin - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:25 pm:
The only reason Rod will passively let funding of legislative pay raises become law is his politically weakened state. This habitual grandstander will get no “credit” in the eyes of legislators, who know he enjoys demagoging at their expense. Rather, General Assembly members will recognize that the only path to a cooperative and reasonable chief executive will be to keep Rod weak. How fitting that Mr. Irrelevant would avoid direct action (by way of a straightforward sign or veto) in favor of the cowardly passive route. The spin tomorrow will be both amusing and tiresome.
- A Citizen - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:43 pm:
Rich, What do you think the odds are on one of the others being the Budget Bill? X to 1. _______ .
- Rich Miller - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:50 pm:
lol
- Gregor - Monday, Aug 13, 07 @ 11:50 pm:
There will be no Democrat day rally at the fair this year, because you can’t find a single one willing to stand on the same stage with this governor. Sign it or don’t Rod, you are just about out of business.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 12:01 am:
I hear Alexi will be there, Gregor.
- A Citizen - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 12:10 am:
Party of one, Mr. G ? Would you prefer a table or booth ?
I believe I’ll have a table, Rod, thanks.
- the Other Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 12:33 am:
OK, total speculation ahead, so proceed at your own risk. It’s possible that the supplemental was held up until so late in the day because of internal debates in the Governor’s Office. The supplemental was probably the biggest arrow left in the Governor’s quiver; too many hospitals in too many legislators’ district would be hurting without it.
On the other hand, the only strong supporters happen of “Illinois Covered” happened to be unions (of which AFSCME benefits from the supp) and the Hospital Association (which gets something like $1bln from the supplemental).
It’s possible that the internal debate was between using the supplemental as leverage over the GA and thus screwing over the only allies left.
The game on the twelve month budget is pretty much over, Mr. Governor and staff. Your best option is to move on, and try again next year.
- dc - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 6:30 am:
From the SJR –Spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch says the Democratic governor needs time to study the budget, which is 1,400 pages long. If he only received a “C” in constitutional law, it probably means he is a very slow reader and even more slow at comprehension. Any delay in signing the bill is arguably cereberally-related. Perhaps they could re-send the budget to him in 14 point font and some pictures…
- Mr.W.T.Rush - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 7:34 am:
Just another phase of BlunderBoyBlaggo vision thing. Remember he told Capt.Fax how he foresaw all these events? How they were all party of the plan?
- Discriminated Against - AGAINST - Tuesday, Aug 14, 07 @ 7:41 am:
I see that everybody, well almost everybody, gets nice pay raises. You all must be so happy.
Merit comp employees get screwed again - no money for raises for mc employees. That will be exactly $0.00 in raises in all the years since Rod’s cohort took control of the State of Illinois Treasury.
Emil said: “A man deserves a raise.” Unless you are a merit comp employee and the senate president is deeply buried in Rod’s hip pocket.
Yep, they do it all to us. Nothing irrelevant about that.