On the second to last day of the legislative session, the General Assembly didnt get the job done on the budget. Over the past several years we have made so much progress to resolve our fiscal challenges, from cutting spending and overhauling our Medicaid program to enacting comprehensive pension reform. In March, I submitted a balanced budget plan that continued paying down the states bills, protected education and public safety and secured Illinois’ long-term financial future. Instead, the General Assembly sent me an incomplete budget that does not pay down the bills but instead postpones the tough decisions. I will do my job. I will work to minimize the impact of cuts in vital services while continuing to cut waste and maintain our hard-won fiscal gains. There’s more work to do to continue moving Illinois forward.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:16:11 +0000
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