“The clock is ticking” 

Another day, another editorial board bashing the Chicago Machine for refusing to send SB1 to Governor Rauner’s desk.

John Cullerton, Mike Madigan and their Chicago allies are perverting the legislative process, intentionally preventing SB1 from reaching Governor Rauner’s desk for an expected amendatory veto.

They are holding education funding and Illinois schoolchildren hostage in order to force through a $500 million Chicago bailout.

It’s a direct assault on democratic government.

Yesterday, the State Journal-Register editorial board weighed in, writing that “the Senate has to do what could have been done weeks ago. Send the bill. Start the process of trying to reach a compromise in motion.

The clock is ticking. Anyone who thinks that waiting until August can build the urgency to solve the crisis is playing a dangerous game with our children’s future.”

They’re right. Madigan and Cullerton – send Governor Rauner the bill and drop your demands for a Chicago bailout.

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