State representatives have returned to Springfield to re-consider a temporary budget. A vote is scheduled for Thursday.
Illinois has been without a spending plan for more than a week. Democrats want to pass one to keep what they call "vital services" running through July. But Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's against that ... despite added pressure. A judge ruled most state employees cannot be paid until a budget is in place.
"This is just getting to their four billion dollar whole one month at a time ... I don't support that bill. I do not, I will not sign, I don’t support that bill."
Despite being asked directly ... Rauner, a Republican, would not say if he would veto the plan.
It leaves open the possibility that Rauner would kill it another way: by sitting on it until it's too late - after the month of July had ended.
First, though, the measure has to get to his desk. It passed the Senate, but failed in the House last week ... by four votes; that's how many Democrats were absent that day. Democrats have just enough members to pass it if they all stick together; all have been encouraged to be in Springfield this week.
