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*** UPDATED *** Videos of Quinn, Madigan
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * I’m gonna run home and upload more, but here are a few videos to get you started. All three are from Gov. Quinn’s veto press conference. Quality is poor, since Mike is gone and I did them…. Quinn, Part 1… Quinn, Part 2… Quinn, Part 3… ADDED: Quinn, part 4... UPDATE: Madigan presser, Part 1 of 5… Madigan, Part 2 of 5… Madigan, Part 3 of 5… Madigan, Part 4 of 5… Madigan, Part 5 of 5…
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Governor Quinn vetoes social service grant bill
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * 2:15 pm - The governor just announced he had vetoed SB 1197, which funds social service grants, among other things. More in a few. Here’s a brief video of the veto ceremony. Watch how hard he whacks the bill with his veto stamp. Funny… * From SEIU..
* From Dan Hynes, in response to Quinn’s statement that providers of state services do so in the new fiscal year “at the risk of not being paid”…
* 2:32 pm - Speaker Madigan is expected to hold a Statehouse presser soon. Stay tuned. Anybody else notice that the state’s main website is down at the moment? What, did they not pay their hosting bill?
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Videodrome
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * We had a lot of excellent videos yesterday. In fact, so many of you watched the videos that we were ranked 29th in the world on YouTube reporter sites…  That would be ahead of ABC network news, and ahead of the New York Times. I guess we need more vids. * Many of our best videos were posted after most of you stopped reading the blog last night. So, here’s a recap of the late ones… * Speaker Madigan held a rare press availability and got in a couple of subtle shots at Gov. Quinn… * Senate President John Cullerton was obviously furious at Gov. Pat Quinn last night after the pension note bill failed the second time. Watch it… * Sen. James Meeks said in an exclusive sit-down interview that the governor ought to veto the budget bills and allow the government to crash if necessary. He also had some harsh words about Speaker Madigan’s House and talked about why the pension note bill failed to pass the Senate… * House GOP Leader Tom Cross talked about how the appropriations numbers have jumped all over the place and how the governor wanted to base a 30-day budget extension on a projection which included the income tax hike, which hasn’t passed yet… * Senate GOP Leader Christine Radogno agreed that the governor was being disingenuous about asking for a budget extension based on revenue estimates that included a tax increase which never happened. She also talked about how the Democrats can’t even agree on the deficit estimate… * Senate Democratic “budgeteer” Donne Trotter said that the governor needs to sign the budget bills that are now on his desk. “To do anything less is irresponsible,” Trotter said… * More…
* And here’s one I never posted. My intern Mike Murray’s last full day was yesterday. He’ll still be doing Morning Shorts and he’ll try to be here for occasional summer session days, but he gone. Take care, Mike… 
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