All that is left is one more week of lawmakers in Springfield for the fall veto session and the path to accomplish much if anything is still as murky as ever. The leaders and Governor met on Monday and Senate President John Cullerton says that he’s ready to meet often. Cullerton says the topics discussed were varied and he had no problem with votes being put up during lame duck sessions.



The other Democrat in the Legislature, House Speaker Mike Madigan, is showing little determination in passing any of those turn around agenda items. Republicans say they will not get behind another stopgap budget without the passage of any legislative reforms.