Democrats at the State House are prepared to go ahead and pass a budget with little to no input from Republicans.

House Speaker Mike Madigan says they are prepared to spend about $36.3 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. That has left Republicans upset with the process they thought was moving forward with plenty of work being done behind the scenes. Rep. Tim Butler a Republican from Springfield says that Democrats are setting up to give an unbalanced budget to the Governor.

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Rep. Butler says the process was moving forward with plenty of work being done behind the scenes.

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Republicans started to introduce parts the much talked about Turn Around Illinois agenda from the Governor on Friday. They include civil lawsuit and workers compensation reform, the right for local governments to limit collective bargaining issues. The Senate will hold meetings on a number of the bills.