Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement on the Illinois budget failure:
Illinois is the first state in eight decades to go without a budget, and Springfield’s continued failure to pass a budget has caused irreparable damage to our schools, roads, and medical assistance facilities in our state. This budget failure will continue to hurt school children, seniors in nursing homes, the disabled, and any taxpayer who is fed up running the state on a high interest credit card.
I am particularly disappointed that this failure seems largely driven by Governor Rauner’s complete inflexibility on any proposed budget deal. We already have a President in the White House who seems to lack an understanding of the legislative and budgetary process. Unfortunately, Governor Rauner also shows no appetite for reasonable compromise that true leaders need in order to do their job.