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Lawmakers Not Happy About Special Session
(IRN)-There's bi-partisan agreement, Governor Pat Quinn's idea for a special session doesn't have much weight behind it.

A bill must get a three-fifths majority if it is to pass after May 31, which means at least some Republicans, seven in the House and one in the Senate, must sign on. And it sounds as if Quinn cannot even count on support from members of his own party. House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) says "it makes sense to call us back if there is a plan. I haven't seen a plan come from the governor that is likely to win sufficient support in the legislature in both chambers to make a difference."

House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) says, "Spending more is something we can't afford to do right now, and I'm kind of amazed that not everyone gets that."

Quinn says a special session is needed to keep the state's capital construction plan going through the summer. Republicans dispute that. The expenditures are in question because the Senate added $430 million in unrelated spending on the continuing appropriations bill, and the House refused to pass it.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
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