* This Wall St. Journal headline is brutal…
Illinois Governor Fails to Get a Single Vote for His Education Spending Plan
* And the article completely fails to note that House Republicans were urged to vote “No” or “Present”…
No one in the Illinois House of Representatives voted Wednesday in support of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s rewrite of a school funding plan, as Democrats demonstrated the general dissatisfaction with the governor’s proposal.
Earlier this month, Mr. Rauner rejected a funding formula, passed by both houses of the Democratic-controlled General Assembly, that allocates state aid to the neediest school districts first.
After the governor made changes to the legislation, the state Senate rejected them Sunday, when one Republican lawmaker joined the chamber’s 37 Democrats to achieve the three-fifths majority necessary to override Mr. Rauner’s veto.
To better gauge support for an override attempt in their chamber, House Speaker Michael Madigan and other Democratic representatives put Mr. Rauner’s changes to Senate Bill 1 in a new piece of legislation Wednesday and forced a test vote. Sixty members voted against it, 33 simply voted present and none voted in support. […]
The governor’s repudiation Wednesday comes just a month after the legislature overrode his veto to levy a roughly $5 billion income tax increase and pass the state’s first budget in more than two years.
The governor can’t be happy with that take. At all.
* But after saying for days that he wanted the General Assembly to accept his SB1 amendatory veto, he did a flip-flop reminiscent of a former governor…
In one of the more bizarre political moves in the history of Illinois state government, Gov. Rod Blagojevich Thursday urged lawmakers to do the opposite of what he had urged them to do on Wednesday. He urged them to vote against the gross receipts tax that a day earlier he had implored them to approve.
- Roman - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:35 pm:
The odds of that WSJ headline appearing in a political ad are about the same as the sun rising in the east tomorrow.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:40 pm:
You never go full Blagojevich.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:43 pm:
Another cocktail party weekend, ruined.
- Bruce Please - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:44 pm:
Ha - and it’s in print, albeit edited down. That’s gonna leave a mark.
- Baloneymous - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:48 pm:
47th I literally did almost spit out my drink
- Anonymous - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 1:51 pm:
I’m sure Bruce and pals only read the WSJ editorial page anyway.
- Give Me A Break - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 2:04 pm:
Wait for it, the Illinois GOP issues a press release titled, “Mike Madigan and the Wall Street Journal he Controls”.
- GOP Extremist - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 2:09 pm:
=the Governor can’t be to happy with that take=
He’s probably a little disappointed in level of focus over at the WSJ.
- Ducky LaMoore - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 2:27 pm:
MADIGAN…(exclamation) And the collectivist Wall Street Journal he controls(exclamation)
- Whatever - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 2:29 pm:
So much for improving press coverage with the BTIA(tm). Time for some better messagin’
- Skeptic - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:09 pm:
“I’m sure Bruce and pals only read the WSJ editorial page anyway.” And here I thought they only read it for the articles.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:11 pm:
The Diana Rauner Brand will not cover this Blago-Style silliness.
- Juvenal - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 3:48 pm:
I am sorry Rich: exactly how could it have been worse?
- Former Merit Comp - Thursday, Aug 17, 17 @ 6:14 pm:
Yup I’ve been making this very comparison for three years. People thought I was nuts. I worked 30 years for the state and I paid attention. We have a very rich republican Blago flailing about hiring, firing and backtracking with no clue about governing.