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Brady: Budget is a sham
05/22/2008 09:44:41
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| State Representative Dan Brady says he won't support any state budget plan that isn't responsible and balanced. |
By Jim Fitzpatrick
The first of this year's layered budgets has passed the Illinois House. Democrats flexed their muscle, and pushed through more than a dozen spending plans that could be the state's final budget. State Representative Dan Brady of Bloomington voted against it.
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House Republican Leader Tom Cross says the budget won't pay for a thing, because it won't pass the Senate or the Governor's office.
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The Illinois Senate is expected to start work on its layered budget today. If the House and Senate layers don't add up, and lawmakers can't agree on a budget by next Saturday, the General Assembly could be headed back for another long summer in Springfield.
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