Finger-pointing continues as Cullerton says he’ll wait until Monday to send education funding bill to Rauner’s desk

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SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Greg Bishop and Dan McCaleb, Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

The first day of the latest legislative special session in Springfield boiled down to a “he said-he said” of accusations between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly, but it did result in some clarity over the legislation at the heart of the dispute.

Senate President John Cullerton said Wednesday he would send a legislatively approved education funding bill to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk early next week if he can’t get a face-to-face meeting with the governor before then.

“That’s outrageous,” Rauner countered, noting that the education funding bill in question was approved by lawmakers back in May and should have been sent to his desk by early June.