 "I am livid that Gov. Quinn is not calling the General Assembly back
into session for two weeks," Bomke said. "People are facing cuts in
services and job losses while no action will be taken on the budget
for 13 days."
On July 1, the official start of the new fiscal year, Quinn held
a press conference to announce that he was vetoing
Senate Bill 1197, which would have kept some functions of state
government from shutting down.
"The governor has no credibility," Bomke said. "If he was serious
about passing a budget and getting Illinois out of our fiscal mess,
we would meet tomorrow, not in the middle of this month."
With many budget solutions already presented and voted down, the
Illinois budget situation is still bleak.
"We have too much at stake to just sit back and wait on Gov.
Quinn for half of July," Bomke said. "The time for action is now."
[Text from file sent on behalf of
Sen.
Larry Bomke by Illinois
Senate Republican staff] |
