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Rauner Calls Budget Veto Road To 'Fiscal Sanity'

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's vetoed budget bills lawmakers sent him in order to start the road back to "fiscal sanity."

Legislative Democrats backed a spending plan that's as much as $4 billion short on revenue. But the Republican governor vetoed 19 bills Thursday. Both sides have previously they're interested in a compromise and legislators have been working in overtime sessions in Springfield.

He says signing the budget would be kicking the can down the road and he wants there reforms, including term limits and redistricting.

Rauner says he's also interested in a pension overhaul this year that takes elements of a plan backed by Senate President John Cullerton and his own administration.

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