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 2009 – Opposed Gov. Quinn’s FY 2010 budget proposal to increase personal income taxes and taxes on employers by 50 percent. Would have been larger than any other major tax increase in Illinois history. Would have raided pension fund by $3.2 billion 2009 (July) – Voted For the FY 2010 budget to avoid shutdown of state government, while also cutting state spending and avoiding an income tax increase. 2008 – Opposed Gov. Blagojevich’s FY 2009 budget proposal that would have increased taxes on employers, sweep state funds, sell state assets (Lottery), while increasing state expenses—all despite a massive state deficit. 2008 – Voted Against an FY 2009 budget that was more than $2 billion out of balance and increased state spending despite an enormous deficit and a substantial backlog of unpaid bills. 2007 – Opposed Gov. Blagojevich FY 2008 budget proposal that relied on the Gross Receipts Tax. 2007 (June) – Opposed a temporary budget measure, saying it removed a sense of urgency to pass a 12-month budget. 2007 (August) – Voted For the FY 2008 budget HB 3866, which funds the state’s obligations without relying on pension bonding, fund sweeps or raising taxes. The budget met pension obligations, Medicaid obligations and increased education funding. 2006 (May) – Voted Against the FY 2007 budget that increased by $1.4 billion over previous year’s appropriations, which included $256 million for Democrat “pork”, fund sweeps, pension contributions shorted by $1.1 billion. 2005 (May) – Voted Against a FY 2006 budget plan that shortchanged suburban school teachers by raiding their pensions and raided state funds to pay for Chicago-area spending. The budget decreased education spending by $42 million but increased welfare spending by more than $100 million. Pensions shorted by $1.2 billion. 2004 (June) – Voted Against a Senate Democrat FY 2005 budget that raided state funds and expanded taxes on businesses that had already driven more than 39,000 jobs out of Illinois. 2004 (July) – Helped Negotiate an overtime budget that was responsible, pro-jobs, repealed the new business taxes and fees advanced in 2003 and repealed the governor’s authority to raid the road fund. At the negotiating table Senate Republicans blocked $300 million new job-killing taxes, held down state spending, fair funding for education, ended road fund diversions, protected pensions, among other things. 2003 – Concerned by Gov. Blagojevich’s FY 2004 budget proposal, which included a pension bonding plan and sell the JRTC and Tollway Authority buildings. 2003 – Voted Against an FY 2004 budget that increased spending despite facing the worst budget deficit in state history, advanced massive fee and tax increases. |
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