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Quinn: Lawmakers Not Cheering for Tax Increase
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the Legislature's top two Democrats aren't "cheerleaders" for an income tax increase.

But Quinn has said he won't back down from an income tax increase if House Speaker Michael Madigan and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton ask him to do so because lawmakers hesitate to support one in an election year.

Quinn on Friday said lawmakers need to put people before politics.

The governor's budget office has estimated the state will be left with an $11.5 billion budget hole next year even after $2 billion in cuts.

Quinn won't detail what kind of tax increase he might propose when he delivers his budget address March 10. Last year, he proposed a 50 percent income tax rate increase that went nowhere.

The Senate passed an income tax increase last year, but Madigan won't commit to calling a House vote on it.

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02 26 10 by Newsroom
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