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* Amanda Vinicky asked Gov. Bruce Rauner about the possibility that he’ll bring legislators back to Springfield for a special session…
“If they won’t come back, if they refuse to come back, we may have to resort to a special session.”
“Well, it’s pretty soon. It’s not very long we’ll decide.”
Do you think he should do it?
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:12 am
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YES! Let them stay in session until they hammer out a budget. Enough is enough!
Covfefe!
Comment by ILGOV2018 Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:14 am
What’s the point if there’s no deal?
Comment by Chicago Cynic Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:14 am
It’s about time! He should had been called a special session three years ago.
Comment by MR. RJG Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:18 am
I don’t think he should. As much as we need a budget, I just don’t want to hear anything from these people for a few weeks.
Comment by Saluki Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:19 am
No.. As Rocket J. Squirrel always says: “That trick never works”. Bringing the legislature to town when you don’t have anything for them to do accomplishes nothing, and if the Governor brings them in, we have to pay them to do nothing.
Comment by SAP Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:19 am
I do. Call them back.
Now, if the Governor decides to travel during those “Special Sessions” instead of being engaged, then what is Rauner doing, holding, not just the TWO caucuses he personally (with Diana, Uihlein and Griffin) owns, but all four caucuses to a 71 and 36 Rauner won’t work to get?
Rauner will look more inpotent traveling and calling them all back then trying to have “dueling traveling sideshows”, something Rauner seems to fear… a lot.
So, call them back. Highlight your ineffectiveness, governor… I don’t mind.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:20 am
Sure. It’s a crisis situation and maybe they will get so sick of each other that they will accomplish something.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:25 am
Only the House.
Comment by Sideline watcher Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:25 am
To do what?
This hobby of Rauner’s is costing us all a lot of money and suffering.
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:25 am
“If they won’t come back, if they refuse to come back, …. ”
In Bruce Rauner’s alternate reality has the House not yet announced they would be in every Wednesday in June?
Comment by The Captain Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:27 am
Only if he has a reason too, otherwise it just costs more money.
Comment by Ahoy! Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:27 am
No! This will not get solved until there is a severe pain point. The next big pain point is the schools opening in the fall. If they don’t open ALL of the politicians will feel the pain from parents etc and may finally be convinced to act.
Therefore, no stopgap budget!
Comment by BIG R. Ph. Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:30 am
The house already is planning on approps hearings and coming back later in a few weeks. So why bother calling a special session.
On the other hand I think he should call a leaders meeting and keep calling them. Or least call of meeting of their chief of staffs and/or other budget leaders.
Comment by Been There Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:30 am
Why not? It worked so well all 36 times with Blagojevich?
Comment by Steve Rogers Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:35 am
I’d call them back. It would be more productive than more non-campaign campaign tours.
Comment by Impasse Casualty Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:36 am
If he has a balanced budget proposal he wants to introduce, then by all means call a special session ASAP.
Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:37 am
Only if he will be there himself like he should have been the last 2 years.
Comment by ShaggyDog Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:38 am
If they won’t come back, if they refuse to come back, we may have to resort to calling them back into a special session-
Sorry, but that’s either a linguine spined person statement or a really apathetic response to a serious question.
Comment by Slippin' Jimmy Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:42 am
Calling them back w/o some solid plan makes little sense, just another media event. But neither does letting them off scot-free. I want those people — legislators and guv — to feel as much heat as possible, to know how morally reprehensible their inaction has been. Maybe they should all endure public shamings back in their districts, then finally get to work.
Comment by Flapdoodle Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:44 am
No special session unless he submits a balanced budget and a MOU saying that if passed as submitted he will sign it.
It should literally be only a budget. No Turn-around agenda items should be in it.
Comment by Kevin Highland Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:46 am
The only reason he would would be because he is betting the political fallout for completing a special session without a budget would be worse for the D’s then himself. Because God, Rauner, and everyone else knows that there isn’t gonna be a budget.
Comment by AlfondoGonz Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:50 am
Let’s keep them there until they pass some bills that he can veto.
Comment by Trapped in the 'burbs Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:57 am
He shouldn’t call them back. He will though, there is too much at stake for his reelection to make it not look like he’s going to punish them.
Comment by DuPage Bard Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 10:58 am
No reason to call them back and waste even more money on daily per diems. Continue to meet with leaders and budget appointed members and get a deal done.
Comment by Get it Solved Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:11 am
Under what realistic scenario is the state supposed to recover from this? Lock the doors, send everyone home.
Comment by Ed Higher Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:15 am
I have a dumb question, do they need a supermajority vote to pass anything during a special session called on by the Governor?
Comment by here we go again... Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:28 am
Sure, bring them back. But only after the 4 leaders and the governor have met EVERY day to hammer out a budget that will get passed without any TA items. Work on the TA reforms after the budget is passed. You just know the Rauner wouldn’t do that, but that is my opinion on bringing them all back.
Comment by Big Joe Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:35 am
Why not? Gov. Martinez did in New Mexico.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:42 am
Special sessions cost taxpayers money. Remember Blagojevich. They (meaning the governor and the legislature) should come back only if they have an agreement.
Comment by Professor Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 11:43 am
Yes, send them back, perhaps being together will help the Reps realize the power they have to buck the governor. They want to.
Comment by doggonit Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 12:02 pm
“Governor brings them in, we have to pay them to do nothing.” ?
And we have been paying them to do something? for going into 3 years? What was it? they did?
Comment by sharkette Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 12:07 pm
On one hand, calling them back could appear as some semblance of leadership.
On the other, Blago and Quinn were hammered for calling special sessions.
Not sure what it would really accomplish here.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 12:22 pm
In the history of Illinois has a special session ever netted an agreement when one hadnt already been reached?
we dont habe money to pay social services but the gov will waste cash on this
Comment by Ghost Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 12:24 pm
I thought Madigan said his people will continue to work on the budget in Chicago.
Comment by Mama Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 2:56 pm
What good would it do to call the House back to Springfield if they don’t have the votes. Plus the House knows Rauner will veto any budget they pass.
Comment by Mama Friday, Jun 2, 17 @ 3:01 pm