* House GOP Leader Jim Durkin emerged from the governor’s office this afternoon to ask that the Democrats not take up any veto overrides during the veto session and instead spend all their time on resolving the impasse.

“Let’s take care of the biggest issue that we have and that’s the budget,” Durkin said. “Let’s use all of our good will and our capital at solving the budget crisis.”

…Adding… The House Republican spokesperson is actively walking back Leader Durkin’s comments. He didn’t mean to say that no vetoes should be acted on, he meant to say that the GA could add days to deal with everything.

* Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno said after the brief meeting in Rauner’s office that she was “disappointed” that Senate President John Cullerton chose not to attend because Speaker Madigan decided against going to the meeting. Radogno said that Cullerton had once again chosen to “walk in his shadow.”

She also claimed that Speaker Madigan had agreed to go to the leaders meeting “and then came up with a conflict.”

“It’s game playing,” Radogno said. Madigan, she said, is “trying to stymie the governor.” When asked about Madigan’s possible negative reaction to all the campaign commercials run against him, she said that was no excuse and claimed Madigan was “derelict” in his duties for not showing up.

“It’s completely inexcusable for the Democrats not to be here,” she said.

* Full video from BlueRoomStream.com is here.