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Republican State Senators Angered Over Prison Board Appointments

Republicans spoke out against a procedural maneuver that Governor JB Pritzker is using to allow his own appointees to the Prisoner Review Board without being confirmed by the Senate. Republican State Senator Steve McClure says that it is a shady tactic done by Democrats.

 

 

McClure says that four individuals have been appointed and none of them have been confirmed by the Senate.

 

 

Senator Jason Plummer says that this isn’t anything new. Republicans have been asking for transparency on this for quite a while.

 

 

Over 200 nominees have been appointed and heard in Committee since these appointments have been made and more were scheduled to appear in the committee on Tuesday. Senator Plummer says it’s time to stop this. He has drafted legislation in an attempt to make it mandatory to be confirmed.

 

 

The Senate Executive Committee met on Tuesday at 8:30.  None of the appointees testified. The governor's office replied via Press Secretary Jordan Abudayyeh: "For the Prisoner Review Board to be able to undertake its difficult and complex mission, members must be able to make parole determinations entirely independently. Subjecting members to political grandstanding sets a new and dangerous precedent for this constitutional function.”

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