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*** UPDATED x2 *** Leaders meeting update
Tuesday, Aug 22, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller * Maybe progress or maybe something that just looks like progress. We’ll know later…
*** UPDATE 1 *** Been working the phones about another possible breaking story, so this is from the twitters…
*** UPDATE 2 *** Leader Durkin said this to reporters…
Leader-Designate Brady said the Republicans emphasized to Madigan it would be “a gesture of good faith” if Madigan held off on an override vote tomorrow. But, he said, there was no commitment from Madigan. Leader Durkin then said: “We’re in constant communication with the governor over this issue and we will continue to do that because we want to have a bill presented to him that he will sign with enthusiasm.”
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- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:42 pm:
Well, the meeting was long. And maybe productive. Productive and long. Got it.
- MissingG - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:42 pm:
Rauner, leaving the meeting: “You wouldn’t believe what Madigan said in there. That guy admitted to being the Zodiac Killer, but I thought he was still speaker back then…”
/s
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:43 pm:
Waaiit a minute. Have I heard this once before?
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:46 pm:
Looks like they might be close a compromise. My sources tell me they’ve agreed that it should be an extra large, thin crust. At least half of it will be plain cheese, no agreement yet on the other half. The main point of contention appears to be whether to order it from Nancy’s or Gabatoni’s.
Stay tuned for more updates.
- Norseman - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:47 pm:
Just keep Rauner out of the meeting and there is hope.
- Jaded - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:48 pm:
My guess is no compromise today. They are not close enough to the edge of the cliff yet…
- anon - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 4:51 pm:
Maybe they should sneak the cartoon in the pizza box so Rauner can see it then.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:00 pm:
Let me put it differently….Zzzzzzzzzz
- South of Sherman - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:01 pm:
The governor was invited to the meeting, but as a white male, he has nothing more to add to the discussion.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:11 pm:
It’s close until they show rauner the deal then it’s not close.
- Ipso Facto - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:29 pm:
Any minute now as Rauner is having ISBE calculate the pizza numbers.
- Sue - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:31 pm:
If they actually can reach a deal- does it matter whether Rauner goes along- Durkin can get 4 votes and that is the ballgame.
- RNUG - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:47 pm:
They’ve decided the pizza will be sliced into pie shaped pieces. Still debating on either 8 or 12 pieces
- toaob - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:55 pm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2L1-TgfKb4
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 5:57 pm:
–Durkin can get 4 votes and that is the ballgame.–
Huh? Durkin ain’t flipping on Bank Rauner.
If there’s a deal with Dems and four Republicans, it won’t be because of Durkin.
Durkin and Brady aren’t the bosses of their caucuses. Rauner is. He has all the money and jobs.
- Retired Educator - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 6:43 pm:
Hopefully some of those who already said they would not run in 2018, will do the right thing. Do they want to be remembered as stopping school funding, or as a person who put the good of the people ahead of politics? Let us see who has the guts to make the vote happen.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 6:52 pm:
The other half will definitely have pepperoni and possibly another topping. Heated discussion on what goes best with pepperoni.
Great frustration from the sausage Olive and mushroom lovers.
- PhD - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 6:53 pm:
The Speaker is not going to accept a substantial compromise before forcing House Republicans vote ‘No’ on override motion at least once.
- The Way I See It - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:06 pm:
The leaders all agreed on pizza, Rauner said it has to be pizza and tacos.
- Sue - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:08 pm:
Word- your wrong- these negotiations are for real and they are not including Rasmussen
- Northside Dude - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:13 pm:
Sen. Cullerton: “Compromise? Inconceivable.”
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:19 pm:
–Word- your wrong- these negotiations are for real and they are not including Rasmussen–
I’m wrong about what? You sincerely believe Durkin and Brady would make a super-majority deal with Madigan and Cullerton that cuts out Rauner?
I’d suggest you check who funds the entire Illinois GOP, plus House and Senate GOP campaign committees.
There’s a slim possibility some House Republicans might join with Dems to end this on an override vote, but it won’t be due to Durkin’s urging.
- RNUG - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:21 pm:
Rauner will come in at the last minute and demand it be a thin crust from Vic’s Pizza. He thinks that will be impossible since Vic’s closed years ago.
But guess what, there are still people around with the recipe.
Darn, now I want one. At least I have the recipe …
- Huh? - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 7:43 pm:
“other half will definitely have pepperoni” Why spoil a perfectly good pizza with pepperoni? That would kill any deal.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Aug 22, 17 @ 8:08 pm:
–Leader Durkin then said: “We’re in constant communication with the governor over this issue and we will continue to do that because we want to have a bill presented to him that he will sign with enthusiasm.”–
Sue, I’m not seeing Durkin going his own way there, do you?