Special Session for Ethics?
Posted Earlier Today at ICPR's blog, The Race is On:
The Governor has worked himself into a Special Session because a gun control measure, SB 1007, passed the Senate by one vote and hasn't been called for a vote in the House. If he's going to call a Special Session every time a bill passes one chamber and isn't called in the other, this could be a long string of Special Sessions.
But, playing out that hypothetical, if he's really so concerned about the fate of bills that pass one and then don't get called, maybe he should take a look at HB 1, the pay to play ban, which passed the House last April on a unanimous vote and yet hasn't even been assigned to a committee in the Senate. Not that it's unpopular in the upper chamber -- it has 45 sponsors -- more than enough to pass, even if some of them do stay home.
We're not saying that he should call a Special Session for ethics. But if he did, we can see the quote now. "How is it that a bill that passed... the State House that would ban pay to play, didn't get a chance to have a vote in the Senate?" How indeed.
3 comments:
Might as well toss some more fuel on the fire. If he's just doing this silly stuff to beat his chest, why not a session HB1?
He could call another one on SB733, the ballot access bill that finally follows our state and federal constitution and passed the Senate unanimously but Madigan refused to call in the House. And he could up the name calling rhetoric beyond "Republican" to any number of names that equate to abusing power to keep political competition out.
I think Speaker should prepare a proclamation and publicly submit it to the Senate President.
(25 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 191)
Sec. 1.
A special session of the General Assembly may be convened at any time by a joint proclamation issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, stating the purpose of the session and the date and time for the session, and filed with the Secretary of State and by notice to the members as provided in Section 2. Only business encompassed by the purpose stated in the joint proclamation, together with any impeachments or confirmation of appointments, may be transacted at the special session.
(Source: P. A. 77‑1783.)
Well with the U.S Attorney investigating why the Offices of Executive Inspector Generals are refusing to release copies of reports, pay to play activities of the Gov, and maybe detailed in one of the subpoenas received by the Gov's office,no one is going to voluntarily admit to malfeasance by holding a Special Session and passing an Ethic bill
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