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SB 600 comes up short; Quinn rebuffed on budget address

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* The House came up several votes shy today of passing the ever-controversial SB 600, a proposal to force the Republican Party to elect its state central committeepersons. The bill received 59 votes, but it has an immediate effective date, so it required 71 for passage.

The bill had already passed the Senate over the strong objections of the Illinois Republican Party, which threatened to sue if the legislation became law. The proposal was supported by insurgent Republicans, like sponsoring Sen. Chris Lauzen, who believe elections will open up and democratize the party, even though the Democratic Party of Illinois - which also elects its central committee and is run by Speaker Madigan - is anything but a democracy. Then again, there’s only one Mike Madigan in this world.

Just four Republicans voted for the bill. 47 voted “No” and a few had already left town. There’s no roll call because the bill was put on “Postponed Consideration.”

John Patterson was able to jot down some of the “No” votes, but only made it to “J” before the roll call was dumped…

Bassi
Beaubien
Bellock
Bost
Brady
Brauer
Brosnahan
Cavaletto
Coladipietro
Cole
Coulson
Cross
Cultra
Durkin
Eddy
Hamos
Hatcher
Joyce
(sorry, that’s it)

* Meanwhile, House Republicans helped block a bill to allow Gov. Pat Quinn to postpone his budget address by a week…

Gov. Pat Quinn has hit a roadblock in his bid for more time to present his budget address to state lawmakers next year.

The full House, after approval of a House committee earlier, today voted 66-49 to support House Bill 1409, which would push back Quinn’s budget proposal to late March. The bill needed 71 ‘yes’ votes to pass but could come up for another vote.

Under state law, governors are supposed to spell out their budget plans to lawmakers by the third Wednesday in February. But that’s been regularly delayed for various reasons in recent years.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 2:23 pm

Comments

Mr. Vaught could always work 7 days a week here or there between now and the third week of Feburary. There’s nothing wrong with expecting a salaried worker to go the extra mile, is there?

I don’t understand the need for more time, and I agree with the Republican opposition that the request seems politically motivated. If this were not an election year upcoming, and the situation warranted more time or an emergency of some sort (exteme personal matters or state related), fine. But, because 2010 is an election year—NO WAY on more time.

Comment by Will County Woman Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 2:37 pm
If you don’t think the 2010 budget isn’t going to be an emergency, you haven’t been paying attention.

I’d want to postpone that address for as long as possible, as well.

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:11 pm
I live in the 10th Congressional District, and I’m less likely to vote for State Rep. Coulson, in the congressional primary, because she voted no. She doesn’t want to allow all Republicans to have the right to vote on their party leaders.

Comment by Conservative Veteran Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:15 pm
There is going to be a significant and devastating backlash at the polls for those Republican members of the House that just voted “No” against SB 600. Just when you think that the Illinois GOP members have an election year when they can take some seats, these guys manage to find a bullet somewhere to put in their gun so they can “once again” shoot themselves in the foot. It is unbelieveable to many of us Illinois GOP voters. Why they didn’t just go along with passing SB 600 simply defies logic. The things that they will do in order to maintain absolute control and the perpetuation of their political careers is simply mind boggling.

Comment by The Prophet Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:25 pm
Prophet, why should this vote have any effect on the GOP’s chances in November? The only way would be for the conservative GOP voters in favor of SB 600 to either stay home or vote democratic. If that happens to be the case, it once again reinforces the my way or the highway attitude of the conservative right.

Comment by ice phisher Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:34 pm
this is a blow to party unity like no other…the first time any meaningful reform can pass to aid the building of the GOP and republicans kill it…talk about eating their young

Comment by Kane Conservative Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:34 pm
It is not up to the conservative rank and file vote to ensure Republicans win. Its up to Republicans to earn their support. This aint the House of Lords.

Comment by John Bambenek Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:37 pm
…and may we never speak of it again

Comment by colt 45 Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 3:37 pm
=== It is not up to the conservative rank and file vote to ensure Republicans win.====

Absolutly. In fact I think the best thing the GOP can do for itself is to vote DEM and teach those GOP canidates a lesson. teach em a good lesson! dont elect any GOP canidates.

Comment by Ghost Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 4:02 pm
So, SB 600 is going to result in the loss of GOP incumbents and the defeat of GOP candidates attempting to beat Dem incumbents? Really? No.

SB 600 & other inside baseball issues don’t make into the top 100 issues voters consider when in the ballot booth. Next November is going to see voters deciding who to send to Springfield based on the economy, the economy and the economy.

For those uber-conservative, ‘party’ faithful who spend most of their time bashing the IL GOP and not working to elect GOP candidates, they’ll stay home and blog for their basements and most, if not all, of the “No” votes today will return to Springfield.

Comment by SangamoGOP Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 4:15 pm
—- It is not up to the conservative rank and file vote to ensure Republicans win. Its up to Republicans to earn their support. This aint the House of Lords. - - -

Nor do the self-appointed “conservative rank and file” act as a Holy Synod of Bishops to pass judgment as to who is truly Republican and who isn’t.

But then, we will have a primary soon, and the Holy Synod will later proclaim their outrage that the average GOP voter shunned their candidates. Yet again.

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 4:18 pm
Sorry wordslinger, but any governor who would want to propose his budget address, shouldn’t be a governor in the first place. I understand its difficult and unpleasant, but you wanted the job, you took the job, now you deal with all that it entails.

Comment by Will County Woman Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 4:40 pm
SB 600? Is that a NASCAR race? Maybe it stands for Sausage Biscuit, or Santa Barbara. Seriously? SB 600? Seriously? What an epic waste of time that whole debate has been. No one knows, or cares about SB 600 except for a smattering of hardcore Illinois Political observers.

Republicans will still pick up seats, and SB 600 hopefully is dead.

Comment by Speaking at Will Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 4:41 pm
the one candidate for Governor making a big stink about this is Adam Alphabet, and right now he is polling at about 3%, so it is hard to argue this is high intensity issue for republican voters.

Comment by easy Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 6:04 pm
Tom Cross is truly a nitwit. He can’t accomplish anything else in Springfield. But here he had a chance to do something that actually would have been in his own self interest. But he screws that up too.

The House GOP is going no where until Republicans dump this clown and his hangers-on.

Comment by just sayin' Friday, Oct 16, 09 @ 6:42 pm
Here is a screen shot of the voting board: http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2141

Comment by anon Saturday, Oct 17, 09 @ 3:37 pm
Ice phisher, the vast majority of the conservative voters will not stay home nor vote for the Democrat candidate but they will simply decide “not” to cast a vote for that incumbent politician who failed to support SB 600. And, if that GOP incumbent has any GOP challenger in the GOP primary, guess who will get their vote?

Comment by The Prophet Sunday, Oct 18, 09 @ 8:17 am
Not very high, considering the portion of energy supply that is declining, and the sources available to make up the shortfall. ,

Comment by Boy19 Thursday, Oct 22, 09 @ 1:08 pm