 The session
starts today (Tuesday).Lawmakers will be counting
votes to see if they can override Gov. Pat Quinn's threatened veto
of gambling expansion and resurrect other legislation he vetoed to
modernize the state's power grid. They'll crunch numbers to fill
budget holes to possibly avoid closing state facilities and to pay
regional school officials. And they'll do the math on proposed tax
breaks for Chicago's two major financial exchanges to keep them in
Illinois.
Some of the biggest fireworks could come over gambling expansion,
where Quinn is at odds with lawmakers over a key provision to allow
slots at tracks. The push, however, could fizzle without enough
support to overcome Quinn.
[Associated Press;
By DEANNA BELLANDI]
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