Sunday, House Speaker Mike Madigan added three things of his own that he expects from Rauner: signing the Democrats’ big education funding overhaul; letting Illinois regulate workers’ compensation insurance rates; and slowing down a big change in the Medicaid program, so it can go through the normal state procurement process.
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin says the speaker’s demands overcomplicates closure to the process and hampers his ability to provide votes for a budget resolution.
Additionally, Durkin continues to repeat that he cannot sell anyone on a budget deal until something comes forward that works for Illinois.
Up to this point it has been Governor Bruce Rauner who has been criticized time and time again by Speaker Madigan and House Democrat leaders for bringing his turn around agenda into the budget negotiation process. The House Speaker has consistently objected to the Governor making his political and economic agenda a prerequisite for passing a budget.