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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – As the Illinois General Assembly convenes in Springfield this week, House Republicans want one of the first items to be a vote on Gov. JB Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan.
“We were one of the first states to go on lockdown, and now we have the most restrictions in place,” said State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield). “When we are asking for a vote on Restore Illinois, we need the General Assembly to have a voice in this. The General Assembly has had no voice in this whatsoever. We think the governor needs to come to the G.A. and help craft plans, because we don’t think his Restore Illinois plan is right.”
Butler said he does not think the Democrats, who hold a supermajority in both chambers, will allow a vote.
And, complaining about the problems with the state’s unemployment web site, State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) cracked, “You want a plan? I’ll give you a plan. Put people back to work! That’ll take them off the need of having unemployment.”
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