1 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:20,400 >>> FORMER HOUSE MEMBERS BACK IN 2 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,466 SPRINGFIELD FOR AN EXTENDED 3 00:00:19,533 --> 00:00:24,033 SUMMER OT SESSION. 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:25,900 IT IS PART OF A GOOD FAITH 5 00:00:22,466 --> 00:00:27,900 SESSION TO MEET SOME OF THE 6 00:00:24,033 --> 00:00:30,366 GOVERNOR'S WISHES. 7 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:33,600 IT QUICKLY ESCALATED INTO A WAR 8 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:36,300 OF WORDS WITH CHARGES OF SEXISM 9 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:37,400 AND SMOKESCREENS AND HYPOCRACY 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:40,666 FLYING ACROSS THE AISLE SHUTS 11 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:43,166 HAS THE LATEST. 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:44,900 >> IT STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH, 13 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:45,933 DEMOCRATS POSED A BILL AT 14 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:46,533 REFORMING WORKERS' COMPENSATION 15 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:47,500 IN ILLINOIS. 16 00:00:45,933 --> 00:00:49,166 ONE. 17 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:51,000 PRO-BUSINESS ITEMS THAT THE 18 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:52,600 GOVERNOR ASKED FOR BEFORE 19 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:53,966 AGREEING TO NEW TAX REVENUE. 20 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:56,466 THEY SAID THEIR BILL WOULD 21 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,766 STRENGTHEN STANDARDS OF PROVING 22 00:00:53,966 --> 00:00:59,300 THAT A WORK ACTIVITY ACTUALLY 23 00:00:56,466 --> 00:01:01,433 CAUSED THE INJURY THAT A WORKER 24 00:00:57,766 --> 00:01:03,566 IS MAKING CLAIMS ON. 25 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:05,100 AND SET UP A TASK FORCE TO LOOK 26 00:01:01,433 --> 00:01:06,133 AT RATES OVERALL BUT REPUBLICANS 27 00:01:03,566 --> 00:01:08,300 SAID THIS IS NOT WHAT THE 28 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:10,633 GOVERNOR CALLED FOR AND THEY 29 00:01:06,133 --> 00:01:12,400 SAID THEY BELIEVED THE WHOLE 30 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:13,933 EXERCISE TODAY WAS PHONY. 31 00:01:10,633 --> 00:01:16,433 >> IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR A 32 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,166 PATHWAY TO FINISH OUR WORK AND 33 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:19,766 GET A GOOD BALANCED BUDGET AND 34 00:01:16,433 --> 00:01:21,200 GOOD REFORMS IN ILLINOIS, THIS 35 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:22,766 IS NOT WAIT TO DO IT. 36 00:01:19,766 --> 00:01:24,600 THERE IS THOUGH COMPROMISE. 37 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,933 THERE NOISE REAL PROCESS HERE. 38 00:01:22,766 --> 00:01:26,900 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND 39 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:30,100 EMBARRASS THE GOVERNOR AND 40 00:01:25,933 --> 00:01:30,833 EMBARRASS REPUBLICANS AND SAY WE 41 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:32,666 ARE DOING IT, A TURN-AROUND 42 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:33,266 AGENDA. 43 00:01:30,833 --> 00:01:39,000 THIS IS NOT THE INITIATIVE OF 44 00:01:32,666 --> 00:01:42,266 THE GOVERNOR. 45 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:44,033 >> THE GOVERNOR DID SAY I'M 46 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:46,066 SURPRISED AT THE SPEAKER, IGNORE 47 00:01:42,266 --> 00:01:47,066 COMPROMISE REFORM AND INSTEAD 48 00:01:44,033 --> 00:01:49,500 VOTED TO PROTECT THEIR SPECIAL 49 00:01:46,066 --> 00:01:51,833 INTEREST ALLIES. 50 00:01:47,066 --> 00:01:54,166 BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THAT RAUNER'S 51 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:55,533 APPROACH AT WORKPLACE INJURY 52 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:58,700 COMPENSATION WOULD HURT INJURED 53 00:01:54,166 --> 00:02:01,233 WORKERS IN THE WALLET. 54 00:01:55,533 --> 00:02:02,533 >> WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT INJURED 55 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:04,033 WORKERS SHOULD HAVE BENEFITS 56 00:02:01,233 --> 00:02:05,266 REDUCED FOR A LEGITIMATE CLAIM. 57 00:02:02,533 --> 00:02:06,733 WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT. 58 00:02:04,033 --> 00:02:10,300 AND UNFORTUNATELY THE RESULT OF 59 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:10,866 MANY OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS 60 00:02:06,733 --> 00:02:13,000 WOULD BE THAT WOULD IN FACT 61 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:14,566 OCCUR. 62 00:02:10,866 --> 00:02:15,966 >> PARIS, A LOT MAY BE POLITICAL 63 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,366 THEATER BUT SO MUCH COMES DOWN 64 00:02:14,566 --> 00:02:19,566 TO WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THE 65 00:02:15,966 --> 00:02:20,333 GOVERNOR AND LEADERSHIP. 66 00:02:17,366 --> 00:02:21,166 ANY PROGRESS BETWEEN SPEAKER 67 00:02:19,566 --> 00:02:22,566 MICHAEL MADIGAN AND THE 68 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:24,400 GOVERNOR? 69 00:02:21,166 --> 00:02:26,266 >> BEHIND THE SCENES GAME. 70 00:02:22,566 --> 00:02:28,500 SO IMPORTANT, MAD BEGAN SAYS THE 71 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:33,500 TWO MET TODAY, HE MAINTAINS THEY 72 00:02:26,266 --> 00:02:38,466 ARE CORDIAL AND SHAKE HANDS AND 73 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:40,900 NO ANIMOSITY OR TOXICITY, 74 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:42,566 DESPITE, IF THE TWO SIDES FAIL 75 00:02:38,466 --> 00:02:45,000 TOING A ROE A BUDGET BEFORE JULY 76 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:46,366 FIRES THE STATE FACES A PROSPECT 77 00:02:42,566 --> 00:02:47,633 OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND 78 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,066 MADIGAN SAYS THAT WILL PUT THE 79 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:50,700 GOVERNOR AT A DISADVANTAGE. 80 00:02:47,633 --> 00:02:52,866 >> I EXPLAINED TO THE GOVERNOR 81 00:02:49,066 --> 00:02:55,633 THAT HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE 82 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:57,233 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 83 00:02:52,866 --> 00:03:01,666 COME JULY ONE, HE WILL BE 84 00:02:55,633 --> 00:03:04,066 EXPECTED TO MANAGE THE EXECUTIVE 85 00:02:57,233 --> 00:03:05,566 DEPARTMENT AND HE WILL NOT HAVE 86 00:03:01,666 --> 00:03:07,633 WANTED TO SPENT MONEY ON THOSE 87 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:09,966 AGENCIES UNLESS WE FINALIZE THIS 88 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:11,166 WORK ON THE CURRENT SPENDING 89 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:12,433 PLAN, AND THE WORK ON THE 90 00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:14,800 ELIMINATION OF THE DEFICIT. 91 00:03:11,166 --> 00:03:17,600 I'M PREPARED TO WORK WITH THE 92 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:20,733 GOVERNOR IN NEGOTIATING ON WHAT 93 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:22,966 ELEMENTS WOULD BE ON A TAX BILL. 94 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:24,000 MADIGAN SAYS THE WAY TO 95 00:03:20,733 --> 00:03:27,100 COMPROMISE IS MORE TAX REVENUE 96 00:03:22,966 --> 00:03:28,500 TO FILL THE GAP. 97 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,733 >> THERE WAS ANGER OVER THE 98 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:31,066 GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION SECRETARY 99 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:33,066 AND HER PAY. 100 00:03:29,733 --> 00:03:35,900 >> DEMOCRATS CALLED A HEARING 101 00:03:31,066 --> 00:03:38,566 THIS MORNING TO QUESTION THE 102 00:03:33,066 --> 00:03:40,433 RAUNER ADMINISTRATION ON WHERE 103 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:41,566 HER $250,000 SALARY IS COMING 104 00:03:38,566 --> 00:03:42,500 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN 105 00:03:40,433 --> 00:03:44,300 SERVICES. 106 00:03:41,566 --> 00:03:46,633 REMEMBER THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT 107 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:47,733 THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED TO CUT 108 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:49,300 THINGS LIKE CHILD CARE 109 00:03:46,633 --> 00:03:51,333 ASSISTANCE EARLY INTERVENTION 110 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:53,966 AND OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMS. 111 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:56,300 A LOT OF CRITICISM AND TO THE 112 00:03:51,333 --> 00:03:59,933 ANGER OF DEMOCRATS, RAUNER'S 113 00:03:53,966 --> 00:04:02,033 STAFFER RICHARD GOLDBERG SAID 114 00:03:56,300 --> 00:04:02,766 THE HEARING WAS A SEXIST ATTEMPT 115 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:05,966 TO UNDERMINE A FEMALE CABINET 116 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:08,533 MEMBER. 117 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:10,333 >> I AM TROUBLED BY A HEARING 118 00:04:05,966 --> 00:04:12,666 TARGETED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 119 00:04:08,533 --> 00:04:14,600 WOMAN IN OUR ADMINISTRATION, 120 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:16,666 WHEN THE MALE STAFF OF THE 121 00:04:12,666 --> 00:04:19,100 DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP MAKESES AS 122 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:21,166 MUCH OR MORE IN COMPENSATION. 123 00:04:16,666 --> 00:04:25,600 >> TO TALK ABOUT SEXISM FROM A 124 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:28,133 POLITICAL PARTY THAT OFTEN BASKS 125 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:30,300 IN IT IS BEYOND EMBARRASSING. 126 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:33,733 >> THE QUOTE OF THE DAY CAME 127 00:04:28,133 --> 00:04:35,600 WHEN A REPUBLICAN TOOK THE M, C 128 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:38,166 AND ASKED, WHY ARE WE HERE? 129 00:04:33,733 --> 00:04:40,033 TO LEVEL CHARGES LIKE THIS, 130 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,400 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY PROGRESS 131 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:42,700 IS BEING MADE BY THE SENATE AND 132 00:04:40,033 --> 00:04:43,800 HUSBAND WILL BE BACK IN A 133 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:46,633 SECTION SESSION NEXT TUESDAY.