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Speaker Welch on possible return to Springfield, the budget and his members

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At a luncheon event last week, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch discussed how the uncertainty [out of Washington, DC] could force lawmakers back to Springfield this summer to make adjustments to the budget that goes into effect July 1.

“We’re going to pass the budget here in the next couple of weeks with the information we know. There’s a lot of things we don’t know,” the Hillside Democrat said. “The only thing we can do is be committed to a process that’s going to have everyone at the table and continue to say we’re not going to spend more than we’re bringing in.” […]

Welch, meanwhile, at the hotel event noted every budget “is its own preacher” and lawmakers “in many ways play the hand we’re dealt.”

“We’re going to pass balanced budgets,” he said. “And listen, when you’re in charge of a large group of tax-and-spend Democrats, that ain’t always easy.”

Discuss.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 11:09 am

Comments

So we’ve got that going for us.

Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 11:23 am
Was just thinking about how far he has come since his first run for state rep many moons ago.

Comment by low level Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 11:31 am
Think they call that an admission against interest

Comment by Eire17 Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 11:39 am
Since DC GOPPIES cannot decide how/if they will screw states on Medicaid issues the Speaker is probably on the mark. Keep the schedule in pencil and buy trip insurance.

Comment by Annon'in Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 11:58 am
He called his caucus “a large group of tax-and-spend Democrats”? I try to avoid using republican talking points as a Democrat. It is even worse hearing it from a Democratic leader.

Comment by the647 Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:22 pm
===I try to avoid using republican talking points===

It’s also not completely accurate. Lots of his members want more spending without having to pay for it or cut elsewhere. lol

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:26 pm
A good place to start with the budget is to quit giving ALL non-citizens free healthcare. There would be savings of hundreds of millions right there just as a start.

Comment by Common Sense Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:41 pm
== to quit giving ALL non-citizens free healthcare==

So you would rather they visit emergency departments when sick
or they just die? Which is it? You seem to think that if we cancel migrant health care the problem just disappears.

Comment by low level Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:45 pm
Common Sense,

Since when did ALL non-citizens get free healthcare provided by the State?

Anyone has to be low income. In addition to that, you either have to be a child, or older than 42. And the Governor has already proposed eliminating coverage or individuals aged 42-65.

Comment by Juice Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:47 pm
–or they just die?–

The cruelty is the point.

Comment by King Louis XVI Tuesday, May 13, 25 @ 12:55 pm

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