 "The governor has vetoed the
human services portion of the budget, which means there is no
spending authority for thousands of human services providers and
recipients. This matter deserves our immediate attention," Brady
said. "The actions by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate
President John Cullerton to delay our return to the Capitol by two
weeks just demonstrates a continuing lack of leadership."The 44th
District senator says Quinn should call the lawmakers back into
special session as soon as possible.
"The governor needs to act decisively, stop being afraid of the
House speaker and the Senate president, and bring them back to the
Capitol to finish their work," Brady said. "Once again, the state
has started a new fiscal year without a budget in place."
Brady said that when it became clear there was not enough support
for Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed 50 percent increase in personal income
taxes and a 50 percent increase in taxes on employers -- the largest
tax increase in the state's history -- the Democratic majorities in
the Senate and House passed a budget May 31 that targets human
service providers.
"We have been hearing a lot about the choices that were made in
that budget, which was approved in the final hours of the
legislative session in May. I did not support that budget," Brady
said.
"It is important to note that that the Democrat leaders made the
decision to impose draconian cuts to the state's human service
programs and services," he added. "It was a conscious choice by
Democrat leaders to increase spending in some areas of the budget
and place the burden for absorbing budget cuts on human service
agencies. Overall, the budget provided about 90 percent of the
funding originally requested by the governor, but cut about 50
percent from human services agency funding."
[Text from file sent on behalf
of
Sen.
Bill Brady by
Illinois Senate Republican staff] |
