SPRINGFIELD – In response to today’s passage of the FY27 budget in the Illinois General Assembly, State Representative Brad Fritts (R-Dixon) released the following statement:
“The FY27 budget was more of the same in Springfield: the same deceptive practices and lack of transparency on another record-breaking budget. This year’s budget is $55.9 billion, with an additional $800 million in new taxes and fees on working families.
“While the budget itself is unbalanced and has severely misplaced priorities, the worst part of passing the budget is the process. This year, the final amendments to the budget were filed one hour before consideration, and then House Democrats waived their own rules! These rules aren’t meant to be optional. They’re meant to be a mechanism to prevent legislation from being rammed through in the middle of the night and to provide transparency to taxpayers.
“What we saw yesterday and this morning was a textbook case of bad government. Illinoisans deserve better than the broken process Springfield Democrats have been delivering.”
For more information about Representative Fritts, visit RepFritts.com.
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