<![CDATA[Quinn Vetoes State Operating Budget As Stalemate Continues, 2,600 Face Layoffs]]>

1.0 link 227345 <![CDATA[Quinn Vetoes State Operating Budget As Stalemate Continues, 2,600 Face Layoffs]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/quinn-vetoes-state-operat_n_227345.html On the day he planned to explain $1 billion in state budget cuts, Gov. Quinn instead announced Tuesday that he is vetoing a bill funding state government operations.

"I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because it favors preserving the government status quo and fails to make the necessary cuts and reductions in state government operations," Quinn said in a statement announcing the veto. "It does not reflect the spirit of shared sacrifice that must prevail throughout our state...

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