YOU.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
>>> EDUCATION FUNDING FOR
ILLINOIS SCHOOLS REMAINS
UNRESOLVED EVEN AFTER STATE
REPRESENTATIVES WERE IN SESSION
TODAY TO ADDRESS IT.
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ALSO
GATHERED DOWN STATE FOR THEIR
ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S DAY RALLY.
JOINING US FROM SPRINGFIELD IS
"CHICAGO TONIGHT"'S AMANDA
VINICKY.
AMANDA?
>> HI, PHIL.
THIS IS GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER'S
YEARLY CHANCE TO REV UP THE
PARTY FAITHFUL AND HE DID RIDING
ON TO THE STATE FAIR GROUNDS ON
A HARLEY.
AND HE GAVE A SPEECH DENOUNCING
THE CHICAGO POLITICAL MACHINE
AND SAYING HE AIMS TO DETHRONE
MICHAEL MADIGAN AS ILLINOIS'
HOUSE SPEAKER.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS FOR RAUNER ABOUT WHERE
HIS PARTY STANDS IN THE WAKE OF
THE COMMENTS FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN
VIRGINIA.
NOW, GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER
SEEMINGLY GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO
COMMENT ON ANY SORT OF NATIONAL
CONTROVERSIAL POLICY AND HE
RARELY IF EVER SAYS THE WORDS
DONALD TRUMP.
BUT AT A REPORTER'S PRODDING
TODAY HE DID SAY TRUMP'S NAME
AND HE DENOUNCED THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS.
>> I VEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE
TRAGEDY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS.
WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AGAINST
HATRED AND RACISM AND BIGOTRY
AND VIOLENCE AND WE MUST CONDEMN
THOSE ACTIONS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
IN THE STRONGEST TERMS.
>> AMANDA, THE GOVERNOR'S A
LEADING REPUBLICAN.
BUT WHAT DID OTHERS HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT?
>> WELL, NONE OF THEM STOOD UP
FOR TRUMP.
SO SOME WERE MORE DIRECT THAN
OTHERS IN THEIR CRITICISM OF HIS
WORDING.
CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS WAS ON
THE FIELDS WITH THE
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN
BASEBALL TEAM WHEN A SHOOTER
OPENED FIRE.
DAVIS SAID TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE
BLAMED FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE OTHER THAN
BERNARD CHERKASOV BEING BLAME --
BERNIE SANDERS HAPPENED WITH THE
SHOOTING IN VIRGINIA.
AND HE HOPES TRUMP WILL CLARIFY
HIS REMARKS AND HE WILL BE A
VOICE OF CALM AND REASON AT A
TIME OF VISIT RECONTROL.
>> THERE IS NO PLACE FOR
RACISM.
NO PLACE FOR WHITE SUPREMACY.
AND NOW PLACE IN OUR PARTY TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AS
REPUBLICANS.
[APPLAUSE]
CONDEMN BEHAVIOR.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING...
I STAND HERE AS SOMEBODY WHO
WITNESSED POLITICAL ATTACKS
PERSONALLY.
AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE A
REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT, I
DON'T CARE WHO IT COMES FROM,
IT'S WRONG.
>> AMANDA, I UNDERSTAND WHILE
REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS HELD
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING AND RALLY,
THE ILLINOIS HOUSE WAS IN
SESSION.
IS THAT UNUSUAL?
>> WELL, THAT TIMING WAS LIKELY
NOT A COINCIDENCE.
REPUBLICAN DAY AT THE STATE FAIR
AND THIS MEETING HAD LONG BEEN
ON THE CALENDAR.
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE THEIR DAY
TOMORROW.
IF DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER MADIGAN
WHO CALLED THE HOUSE TO SESSION
TODAY.
NOW, THE EVENTS IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE DID GET
ATTENTION ON THE ILLINOIS HOUSE
FLOOR.
REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A
BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION THAT CALLS
WHAT HAPPENED THERE DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
IT SAYS WE REPUTE DATE AND
CONDEMN WHEAT SUPREMACISTS,
NEONAZIS AND THE KU KLUX KLAN ON
ANY GROUP THAT ESPOUSES HATE AND
ANY EDEALS AS WE ARE AS
AMERICANS.
>> REPRESENTATIVES WERE IN
SPRINGFIELD TO VOTE ON AN
EDUCATION FUNDING BILL.
HOW DID THAT GO?
>> WELL, THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY
TOUCH THE MAJOR EDUCATION
FUNDING BILL THE ONE WE'VE
REFERRED TO AS SENATE BILL 1 THE
MEASURE THAT GOVERNOR BRUCE
RAUNER USED HIS AMENDATORY VETO
POWERS TO REWRITE.
INSTEAD DEMOCRATS PUT RAUNER'S
PLAN ON A DIFFERENT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND CALLED IT FOR A
VOTE.
IT IS A TRICK THAT DEMOCRATS
HAVE USED BEFORE.
THEY SAY IT IS A WAY TO DEBATE
THE GOVERNOR'S IDEAS WHILE STILL
KEEPING THE MAJOR UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION ALIVE.
BUT REPUBLICANS CALL IT THEATER.
>> HOW DID THE VOTING GO?
>> NOT A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE
VOTED FOR THE MEASURE.
SO NOW YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS BEING
ABLE TO SAY THAT IT SHOWS NOBODY
SUPPORT WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR
WANTS.
BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THEIR VOTE
WAS MADE IN A PROTEST AND THEY
ALL BECAUSE OF THAT, VOTED
EITHER NO, NOT PRESENT OR DID
NOT VOTE AT ALL.
SO WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS
SCHOOLS DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY
WILL GET MONEY FROM THE STATE.
>> OUR CHILDREN ARE STARTING
SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS NEED MONEY.
ARE WE GOING TO DEBATE THIS
ISSUE FOR THE NEXT WEEKS AND
MONTHS?
WE CAN GET A BILL QUICKLY.
AS LEADER DURKIN MENTIONED THE
LEADERS ARE GETTING TOGETHER
THIS FRIDAY.
LET'S ENCOURAGE OUR LEADERS TO
GET THAT BILL TO A GOOD BILL
LEVEL.
>> SO I ASK YOU OVER THE NEXT
SEVEN DAYS BEFORE WE RETURN TO
THIS CHAMBER TO TALK TO YOUR OWN
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT THING
TO DO IS.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND IF YOU NEED SOME COVER GO
FIND SOMEONE TO GIVE YOU
POLITICAL COVER.
THE BEST PEOPLE TO TALK TO ABOUT
POLITICAL COVER ARE THE SCHOOL
KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS IN THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
AND IF YOU CARE AT ALL ABOUT
THEM, YOU WILL COME BACK HERE
NEXT WEEK AND VOTE TO OVERRIDE
THE RIDICULOUS POLITICAL SHAM OF
THE AMENDATORY VETO OF THE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS.
>> AND HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL
MADIGAN SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE NOT
GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE PLAN
THAT RAUNER VETOED.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK AWAY
FROM SENATE BILL 1.
SENATE BILL 1 IS THE PRODUCT OF
CLOSE TO 10 TO 15 YEARS OF WORK
BY EDUCATION ADVOCATES, IT'S
WELL THOUGHT OUT, IT DOES THE
JOB, IT SUPPORTED BY EVERY
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY GROUP IN
THE STATE.
IT'S FAIR ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
EVERY DISTRICT WINS.
NO DISTRICT LOSES.
WE ARE NOT WALKING AWAY FROM
THAT BILL.
WE'RE PREPARED TO COME IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNOR.
I QUESTION WHETHER HE IS
PREPARED TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT
WITH US.
>> AND THE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE
BACK IN SESSION AUGUST 23 TO
TAKE A VOTE ON THE EDUCATION
PLAN BUT FIRST AS YOU HEARD
MADIGAN AND THE OTHER LEADERS
WILL MEET FRIDAY TO HAVE A TALK.
THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT BE THERE.
>> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT.
>>> NOW "CHICAGO TONIGHT" HAS
NEWS CONNECTED WITH ALL OF THE
POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP?
>> YES, PHIL.
ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS THE
LEADER OF THE UPRISING WHO BROKE
RANKS WITH THE REST OF THE PARTY
THAT VOTED FOR THE BUDGET AND
THE TAX INCREASE SAID THAT THE
TOXIC ATMOSPHERE CAUSED HIM TO
STEP DOWN AT THE END OF HIS TERM
THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE STEVE
ANDERSON.