State Rep. Mark Batinick voted no on the state budget.
State Rep. Mark Batinick voted no on the state budget.
State Reps. Margo McDermed, Lindsay Parkhurst, Anthony DeLuca and Mark Batinick were among just 20 Illinois House and Senate members to oppose a “smoke and mirrors” budget plan that isn’t really balanced, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.
Gov. Bruce Rauner approved a state budget that includes spending $38.5 billion and borrowing an estimated $11.5 billion over the next year.
“To make the budget appear balanced on paper, lawmakers are relying on a number of common budgetary gimmicks that don’t actually lead to balance,” wrote Adam Schuster, director of Budget and Tax Research at the Illinois Policy Institute. “These gimmicks account for the fact that despite a constitutional balanced budget requirement, Illinois has not had a truly balanced budget since at least 2001.”
State Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
The General Assembly approved the plan with just 18 Republicans and two Democrats voting against, and 177 legislators voting in support.
How Will County legislators voted
| Legislator | Vote |
| Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-Calumet City) | Yes |
| Sen. Nicholas Smith (D-Chicago) | Yes |
| Rep. Margo McDermed (R-Mokena) | No |
| Rep. Al Riley (D-Olympia Fields) | Yes |
| Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) | Yes |
| Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) | Yes |
| Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) | No |
| Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) | No |
| Rep. David S. Olsen (R-Downers Grove) | Yes |
| Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) | Yes |
| Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) | Yes |
| Rep. John Connor (D-Lockport) | Yes |
| Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. (D-Elwood) | Yes |
| Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) | No |
| Rep. Natalie Manley (D-Joliet) | Yes |
| Sen. Napoleon Harris (D-Flossmoor) | Yes |
| Sen. Elgie Sims (D-Chicago) | Yes |
| Sen. Michael Hastings (D-Tinley Park) | Yes |
| Sen. Michael Connelly (R-Lisle) | Yes |
| Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) | Yes |
| Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) | Yes |
| Sen. John Curran (R-Downers Grove) | Yes |
| Sen. Linda Holmes (D-Aurora) | Yes |
| Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood) | Yes |
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