As you’d expect, there’s differing opinion among Democrats and Republicans on the quality of Governor Bruce Rauner’s second budget address.

Democratic Senator Heather Steans says after hearing the governor’s speech, she’s unclear what direction lawmakers should go.

However, Republican Senator Jim Oberweis says the governor laid out the path forward, and the answer out of the budget mess is economic growth.

Oberweis echoed the governor’s call for economic reforms Republicans say are needed to increase the shrinking tax base. Governor Rauner gave his second budget address more than seven and a half months into the fiscal year without a full budget in place.