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Sen. Rose Blasts Another Late Night Bill Passage

A central Illinois lawmaker is growing frustrated by the trends of this latest edition of the Illinois General Assembly passing bills in the middle of the night.

 

Late Tuesday and early Wednesday, the Illinois Senate passed long-negotiated energy legislation and Senator Chapin Rose wonders why controversial bills like these continue to get taken up well after local newscasts have wrapped up for the night.

 

 

Sen. Rose is particularly opposed to the bill because of how it would impact constituents in his district. He says they're a lot of unconstitutional pieces to this legislation, additionally, there are ramifications for downstate Illinois for generations to come.

 

 

According to the Mahomet Republican, getting rid of carbon in Illinois would be replaced by carbon from other states, and transmission of that carbon back to Illinois would be paid for by rate-payers.

 

 

Sen. Rose went back to the timing of the bill and with so much doubt about how popular it would be with the Illinois House and the Governor, he is calling for the bill to be put together correctly with the unconstitutional components being removed.

 

 

Sen. Rose fears Illinois could end up like California or Texas where there are brownouts because of a back supply of energy to the grid. 

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