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Expert: Not Much Legislative Change Expected During Fall Veto Session
(IRN) -- The Democrats who run things at the State Capitol mostly survived the election. That means at least one political watcher says there’s not much of a reason to expect big changes in Illinois.

Nicole Kazee, assistant professor of political science with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago , says Gov. Pat Quinn will be emboldened by an election victory to a full term. One difference between the elected Quinn and the Quinn who was elevated after Rod Blagojevich’s 2009 ouster, Kazee says, is that Quinn may feel beholden to some donors as never before.

Kazee says Quinn, even before the election, had staked out a position in favor of an increased income tax.

Republicans did not make enough gains in the General Assembly to take the majority in either chamber, so the Democrats have little reason to act urgently during the fall Veto Session, which begins Tuesday.

Had Republicans taken control, particularly of the governor's office, lawmakers may have been inclined to quickly pass bills that may not have survived after this year. Kazee says the biggest expectation this fall is of a $4 billion borrowing plan which awaits Senate action.

(Illinois Radio Network)
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