SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says the next move on a stalled budget compromise belongs to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. The Chicago Democrat says of Rauner: “He’s got to grow up.”
Cullerton said Wednesday he called off votes on an income-tax increase and property-tax freeze after GOP Leader Christine Radogno told him her caucus wasn’t on board.
Cullerton accused Rauner of peeling off Republican support.
The deal had been negotiated for months between Cullerton and Radogno. It was meant to broker a way out of a two-year budget stalemate between Rauner and Democrats who control the Legislature.
Rauner’s office put out a statement saying the plan doesn’t go far enough.