Lawmakers that proposing repealing the green energy bill of 2016 are playing political games according to a central Illinois lawmaker.

The 2016 legislation essentially saved the Clinton Nuclear Power Station from closure for ten years but late last month, a pair of northern Illinois lawmakers put forth legislation that would repeal parts of the legislation. State Representative Dan Caulkins calls these political games.

According to Caulkins, these two lawmakers proposing this legislation are not very popular in their respective districts and so he believes this is a political maneuver to gain favor with their voters.

Caulkins' message to anyone who might support this legislation is that they are going to receive serious pushback. He explains they have a social media campaign calling out the representatives pushing this legislation.

Later this month, lawmakers reconvene for the new legislative season and Caulkins says the future of this bill will fall with Speaker Mike Madigan and whether he wants to bring it out of the rules committee and move it to the energy committees. Then the committee chairman will decide whether he wants to call it for a vote.

Additionally, Rep. Caulkins believes the Speaker could view this as a way to cause disruption among Republicans and so it could very well be something he wants to have come forward for that reason.