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* From the twitters…
@StateRepLouLang slams @BruceRauner for inviting 13 GOP-targeted House Dems to a budget meeting, snubbing Madigan-appointed budget group.
— Dave McKinney (@davemckinney) May 25, 2017
* The dustup started this afternoon when Rep. Steve Andersson (R-Geneva) rose to call for compromise. Andersson reminded the chamber about the 33 House members who signed a letter encouraging the Senate to wrap up the grand bargain. And he said it was now time to work on what the Senate had sent the House. Some of it was bipartisan, he said, some partisan. But the Senate, he said, was very close to a deal. “Let’s pick up where they left off.”
Andersson said the chamber’s appropriations committee leaders were meeting, which he called a “good sign.”
Rep. Andersson also addressed yesterday’s blowup on the floor about who should be invited to negotiate with the governor’s chief of staff.
“It’s not the time to debate who last invited whom to the table, Andersson said. “Just come to the table.”
“And my call, most importantly, is to compromise,” he said. “Let’s push our leaders as hard as we can.”
* Rep. Lou Lang then rose to speak.
Andersson is the GOP’s floor leader, so he may have struck a raw nerve with Lang. “It’s one thing to say you want to do a budget, it’s another thing to do one,” Rep. Lang said.
Lang went on to say that today Gov. Rauner “invited 13 House Democrats to a meeting to discuss all these issues, completely ignoring the letter that Leader Currie, Leader Hoffman, Leader Turner and I sent to him offering to sit down and get these things accomplished, completely side-stepping the negotiating team that’s been created here in the House on our side of the aisle to meet with the governor.
“Instead the governor has chosen, very carefully it appears, 13 Democratic political targets to meet with. I think that says a lot about his resolve and it says a lot about his desire to work with this General Assembly as a co-equal branch of government.”
Lang then encouraged Republicans to “pull away” from the governor and work things out. “That’s when the crisis will end.”
* However, I’m told that the 13 Democrats were simply invited by the governor’s legislative shop to a briefing about where the Senate situation stands.
And the beat goes on…
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 2:53 pm
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Ken Dunkin was still on that list of 13, wasn’t he?
Comment by Linus Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 2:56 pm
My question: Did/Will they go? The 13 should demure to the Dem team already in place.
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 2:58 pm
You definitely go.
If it’s extortion, they’ll know.
If it’s an update, they’ll know.
If it’s a threat, they’ll know.
If it’s a chance to find 60, honestly, they’ll know…
… and the beat goes on.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:01 pm
–Andersson is the governor’s floor leader, –
Maybe they could just Skype a meeting.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:03 pm
Andersson is Durkin’s floor leader, just as Lang is one of Madigan’s.
Comment by Lance Mannion Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:03 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jz1TjCphXE
Comment by Saluki Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:04 pm
===Andersson is Durkin’s floor leader===
Typo on my part, but, really, is there any difference? lol
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:05 pm
===However, I’m told that the 13 Democrats were simply invited by the governor’s legislative shop to a briefing about where the Senate situation stands.===
And also to hear the latest robo-call that will be overwhelming telephones in their districts.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:07 pm
–Andersson is Durkin’s floor leader,…—
Geez, no need to embarrass them all like that. They and everyone know who the boss is.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:11 pm
===Andersson is Durkin’s floor leader===
And Durkin is Goldberg’s floor leader.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:14 pm
If they go, may want to make sure a hostage team is standing by;) Or a locksmith in case the doors to the Governor’s office suddenly get stuck and the members are needed on the floor to vote!
Comment by Anon221 Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:14 pm
We’ve elected a bunch of children.
Comment by DuPage Moderate Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:14 pm
==Maybe they could just Skype a meeting.==
You assume they can agree as to who initiates the call.
Comment by Demoralized Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:33 pm
===We’ve elected a bunch of children.===
My children behave better than this. But then again, the person in-charge of them has a clear, concise set of expectations and doesn’t move the goal post every other minute….
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:35 pm
And you’re Madigan’s troll, 47th Ward/Wordgauger, et al.
You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.
Comment by Lance Mannion Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:46 pm
GO!
LISTEN!
LAUGH YOUR @$$ OFF!
SAY NOTHING
JUST LAUGH!
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:47 pm
–And you’re Madigan’s troll, 47th Ward/Wordgauger, et al.–
See it’s all fun until someone gets their feelings hurt….. I hope you’re all happy….
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:49 pm
Aw - Lance Mannion -…
Snark is good for the soul…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:54 pm
===you’re Madigan’s troll, 47th Ward===
Lol. I’m a partisan Democrat, but I speak for myself here and call ‘em like I see ‘em. I’m pretty sure Rich will back me up on this, for the most part.
Also, to believe you, you’d have to believe MJM controls a sophisticated social media messaging platform. Lol. Nobody on Team Madigan knows who I am and I prefer to keep it that way.
Good day sir.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 3:55 pm
–Also, to believe you, you’d have to believe MJM controls a sophisticated social media messaging platform. –
You ever dissected a carrier pigeon? Really examined the complexity of two-tin-cans-connected-by-string?
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:01 pm
Sometimes I have a hard time with the smoke signals, Word, especially on days with lots of puffy clouds in the sky above the Capitol.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:03 pm
“You ever dissected a carrier pigeon?” African or European?
Comment by Skeptic Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:08 pm
=== … the 13 Democrats were simply invited by the governor’s legislative shop to a briefing … ===
So Rauner’s staff can only brief 13 Dem reps at a time. LOL
Comment by Norseman Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:27 pm
“Andersson then encouraged Democrats to “pull away” from the Speaker of the House and work things out. “That’s when the crisis will end.”
Fixed it. Then realized that fixing it made absolutely no difference.
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:29 pm
Maybe Goldberg got a Baker’s Dozen donuts and didn’t want any legislator to feel left out.
If you think of it that way, it pretty doggone thoughtful.
Thank you, Governor’s Staff!
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:33 pm
Words keep pounding rhythm to the brain,
And the beat goes on…
Thanks for the brain worm.
That brought back some memories.
Comment by WhoKnew Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 4:35 pm
Does anybody have a list of the 13 Dems?
Comment by Dome Gnome Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 5:43 pm
Lang said, “…completely ignoring the letter that Leader Currie, Leader Hoffman, Leader Turner and I sent to him offering to sit down and get these things accomplished, completely side-stepping the negotiating team that’s been created here in the House on our side of the aisle to meet with the governor.”
Goodness. Madigan’s team is complaining about being ignored? Accusing folks of side-stepping 11th hour negotiations?
That sounds more like a Madigan pattern. All strategy to preserve the nationally known disaster. The Blue State Mecca. Last year’s brilliant Hail Mary from that crew was a $7b short budget. Will we have to endure 50 years of this? Gosh, I hope not.
You know what they say about karma. Reapin’ and sowin’. Going around and coming around. Marginalize people for years, expect to be marginalized.
Let’s hope that more reps listen politely, then ignore their overlords and get something reasonable done.
Comment by cdog Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 6:10 pm
Its a trap, anything they have to say they can say it publicly, looking for their next ken dunkin they can throw away when their done with you
Comment by Rabid Thursday, May 25, 17 @ 11:33 pm
Eh, Democrats (Lang especially) can’t complain about playing politics, they do it all the time and quite frankly their usually better at it. This was plain hypocrisy by Lang, but that’s all part of the game. So is asking the Republicans to step away from the Governor, as the House Democrats could always step away from Madigan.
In fact, maybe both sides should overthrow their leaders since they are frankly… not leaders.
Comment by Ahoy! Friday, May 26, 17 @ 8:35 am