Santa could be here before a balanced budget

Posted on August 17, 2015
Bill Brady
State Sen. Bill Brady says this budget stalemate could last until March.
(WJBC file photo)

By Terry James

SPRINGFIELD – Snow could fly, Santa could come, and the groundhog could see its shadow before we see a balanced budget passed in the state legislature.

State Senator Bill Brady tells WJBC’s Dan Swaney this budget stalemate could last for quite some time.

“I think March is probably the longest we can go without some sort of reconciliation,” said Brady. “The problem with that is we will have the same problem in March that we had last March when they passed an out of balance budget and that solution cost about $1.6 Billion.”

Brady says passing a balanced budget is a priority and that’s not something the democrats have offered.

Terry James can be reached at [email protected].

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