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Demmer says budget only ‘balanced on a wing and a prayer’

By Billy Thompson May 27, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Dixon State Rep. Tom Demmer says the $40-billion budget passed by the Illinois House on Saturday isn’t balanced. Demmer says Republicans were largely left out of the discussion of making it.

Demmer is also against a proposal that would give Gov. Pritzker more leeway over how tax dollars are spent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demmer spoke through the Illinois House Republicans Press Office.