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Time Running Down On Legislative Session

Legislative Countdown nearing end of session.
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Legislative Countdown nearing end of session.

Illinois' top political leaders remain divided.  As of Tuesday there will be only eight days left for them to reach a budget deal.

It's crunch time, says Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno.

"It is critically important  that we complete this task within the next eight days or it becomes much more difficult," said Radogno.

After the end of May it takes a supermajority instead of a simple majority to pass a budget.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has gone out of his way to strike an optimistic tone that it can happen.

"We've got eight days. That's one of the reasons I'm ringing the bell right now.  Eight days is plenty of time if we focus,” said Rauner.

While he spoke of compromise, Rauner refused to back away from his agenda, an agenda Democrats don't like and that is at the heart of the nearly 11-month stalemate.

Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
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