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"I’m disappointed that with just three days left before the interim
state budget expires, the House had only 55 of 118 members present
today, far short of the constitutionally-required quorum. We’re now
a record two months into overtime, and the legislature still hasn’t
sent me a budget that invests in education and health care. That’s
why yesterday I called for another one-month budget. Failure to pass
another interim budget will mean that state government shuts down
and only emergency public safety services will continue to operate.
Schools will have to start their school years without the state
funding they rely on, and thousands of state employees will not get
paid. If the General Assembly does not finish its work soon, the
people of Illinois will pay the price of their inaction."
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the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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