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Rank and File Members React To Governor's Budget

Democrats think the governor’s budget address was lacking while Republicans thought the governor knocked it out of the park.

Democratic Senator Toi Hutchinson says Governor Bruce Rauner’s second budget address had a more positive tone and she’s hopeful there will be true negotiations, but says there were some things lacking from the speech.

Hutchinson also says there are some fundamental philosophical differences Democrats must iron out with Rauner and the Republicans. However, Republican Senator Kyle McCarter says the governor provided the best approach to fixing Illinois’s budget problems by reforming the state’s business climate.

McCarter echoed the governor’s call for reforms to workers’ comp, tort law, and less regulations as a way to increase the tax base through economic growth. 

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