Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is picking up where he left off a few months ago: delivering a campaign-style stump speech as the state continues without a budget.
Rauner told a south suburban tourism group that the state must grow its economy through some of his pro-business reforms, which include restrictions on collective bargaining. These are all points Rauner’s made before. But Rauner also blamed the super majority of Democrats for the budget impasse.
"The longer the legislature takes, the more people will suffer, the bigger the deficit will grow because there is court-ordered spending at high levels inside many departments inside the government that we can’t control, that I cannot control."
In a statement Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan says it’s Rauner who wears the jacket for the impasse and reductions in social services around the state.