Post by Logan on Apr 21, 2016 17:46:30 GMT -6
In a déjà vu moment, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s constitutional amendment to impose an extra tax on millionaires to fund schools once again failed to garner enough votes in the Illinois House on Wednesday.
The roll call came to 68-47 — an identical vote to May 21, 2015, when Madigan first tried to pass the amendment — which Illinois voters supported overwhelmingly in an advisory vote in 2014.
And just like last year, Madigan got a record showing that Republicans voted against the populist idea.
Only two Democrats voted no: Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, and Rep. Scott Drury, D-Highwood.
Read more: chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-millionaire-amendment-fails-again/
The roll call came to 68-47 — an identical vote to May 21, 2015, when Madigan first tried to pass the amendment — which Illinois voters supported overwhelmingly in an advisory vote in 2014.
And just like last year, Madigan got a record showing that Republicans voted against the populist idea.
Only two Democrats voted no: Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, and Rep. Scott Drury, D-Highwood.
Read more: chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-millionaire-amendment-fails-again/