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Madigan: Votes not there to keep 5% tax rate | |
May 22, 2014 Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan told lawmakers to start drafting a pared-back budget after polling of his fellow Democrats showed they had barely half the votes they need to extend the 2011 income tax hike. Suburban Democrats are among those not on board. "We all asked the governor yesterday, ‘Do you have a Plan B? Because this isn't working,'" said Rep. Deborah Conroy of Elmhurst. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140521/news/140529530/ |