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Democrats Want Meeting, Not Special Session

It’s a special summer at the Illinois State House. 
 
Another special session is getting underway on Wednesday. Governor Bruce Rauner has called lawmakers back to town in order to get an education funding bill to his desk so he can veto parts of it. 
 
The bill in question, Senate Bill 1, is largely the work of Senator Andy Manar, a Democrat from Bunker Hill, says he doesn’t need to be back in a special session to solve any differences, he wants the Governor’s office to be transparent and offer up room to compromise.
 
 
Manar says that there is no need for the expense or showcase of a special session. All the Governor needs to do is return to the table with the legislative leaders and make public what he wants changed in SB1.
 
 
Manar says he wants to meet and then take those requests back to the majority in the Senate.

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