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Sen.
Brady: Blagojevich is exceeding constitutional authority
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[August 15, 2007]
SPRINGFIELD -- State Sen. Bill Brady,
R-Bloomington, says Gov. Rod Blagojevich is exceeding his
constitutional authority by trying to spend money the General
Assembly has not authorized.
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"Rod reminds me of the
Steven Seagal movie ‘Above the Law,' Not only does he think he is
above the law, he thinks he is above the constitution," Brady said.
"He is trying to circumvent the fiscal year 2008 budget, approved by
the legislature Aug. 9, in a manner that is both unconstitutional
and illegal." The 44th District senator says he does not question
the governor's amendatory veto of funding appropriated for "pork"
projects, just Blagojevich's attempt to use the money for a
completely different purpose not authorized by lawmakers.
"I was the first to stand up and say the governor should
amendatorily veto the pork. Any reasonable person would question if
we currently have enough revenue for these projects, which may be
worthwhile but not affordable right now," Brady said. "This action
is fully within the purview of the governor's authority.
"What is above the law and above the Illinois Constitution is
that Blagojevich is trying to circumvent the legislative process
through executive order and use those funds for other programs," he
added. "He took an oath of office to uphold the Illinois
Constitution, which says he can only spend money authorized by the
legislature."
[Text from file sent on behalf of
Sen.
Bill Brady by Illinois
Senate Republican staff]
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