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More than 200 measures passed by each chamber of the General Assembly were signed by Governor Bruce Rauner in 2015, which is about level with previous years under Democrat Pat Quinn, but the number of Rauner vetoes are sharply higher from the year before under Quinn, partly because of budget bills Rauner vetoed saying they were not balanced.

In a compliance audit of the Senate, Auditor General William Holland says 33 bills were vetoed, or amenditorially vetoed, in 2015.

That’s more than three times the number of bills former Democrat Governor Pat Quinn vetoed in 2014 and 2013 combined.

The House had a similar record — 32 bills were vetoed by Rauner in 2015, nearly triple the total in both 2014 and 2013 under Quinn.

The biggest difference is that only one veto was overridden last year, and that was with the governor’s permission. Quinn was overridden numerous times in the past. The reason? Republicans often cooperated on those Quinn overrides. Now, not so much.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 11:46 am

Comments

When will CapFaxters get to review the Slip&Sue report? Especially interested in end of special ed and FOI — useless mandates ya know

Comment by Anonin' Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 12:11 pm
Or, worded differently:

The reason? Democrats were willing to stand up to a governor of their party. Republicans, not so much.

Comment by Nope, Nope, Nope Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 12:25 pm
It is a matter of who the Republicans are afraid of - then they were afraid of Madigan. Now they are afraid of rauner.

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 12:25 pm
And don’t forget rollin’ all the downstate police and fire pension funds into a “centralized authority.” Nothing to see there.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 12:30 pm
It’s as if some forget that the Democrats have a super-majority in both chambers. Those Democrats are capable of holding tight or not; that’s on them. But crying about the unity of the uber-minority is a weird blame-game.

Comment by Georg Sande Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 12:37 pm
–It’s as if some forget that the Democrats have a super-majority in both chambers. –

GS, congratulations on your election to the Anti-Empiricism Hall of Fame.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 1:06 pm
Hmmm….Why haven’t I heard about “Madigan and the politicians he controls” for a while?

Comment by AC Tuesday, Jan 5, 16 @ 1:16 pm