Comments on: Is Obama Afraid of Change for Illinois? http://www.bloggernews.net/116707 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Illinoisian http://www.bloggernews.net/116707#comment-415253 Illinoisian Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:34:25 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116707#comment-415253 Halvorson was a co-sponsor and negotiated with the house on HB 824, which addressed the pay-to-play state contracts that HB 1 would deal with. This was the improved and agreed version of HB 1, it was simply another vehicle (bill) to get to the same destination. Fritchey, Harmon and Halvorson had a press conference on the matter right before it passed both chambers and went to the governor. It's up to the Governor to sign that bill now. She's not the leader of a legislative chamber, either, which that paragraph seems to suggest. Senate President Jones is. Halvorson was a co-sponsor and negotiated with the house on HB 824, which addressed the pay-to-play state contracts that HB 1 would deal with. This was the improved and agreed version of HB 1, it was simply another vehicle (bill) to get to the same destination. Fritchey, Harmon and Halvorson had a press conference on the matter right before it passed both chambers and went to the governor. It’s up to the Governor to sign that bill now.

She’s not the leader of a legislative chamber, either, which that paragraph seems to suggest. Senate President Jones is.

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