Rebecca Rausch
Rebecca Rausch
apparently believes creation health hire job law money raising taxes using
Gov. Blagojevich believes in not raising taxes and using the money we have for schools, health care, job creation and law enforcement. The treasurer apparently believes we should take the people's money and use it to hire more employees.
budget budgets process
The budget is a process of give and take.
newborn pregnant recent work year
Patti was able to work much more this year than she has in recent years, ... For one, she wasn't pregnant and she didn't have a newborn at home.
distant governor ruled
The governor hasn't ruled anything out, but I would characterize that as a distant option.
aware governor meeting meets muhammad people pictures recall religious remember sister takes thousands
The governor meets thousands and thousands of people every year, takes pictures with many of them and unfortunately just can't remember every person he encounters. He does not recall meeting Sister Muhammad and, by extension, was not aware of her religious affiliation.
petroleum provide relief strategic tapping
We think the right way to provide relief is through tapping the strategic petroleum reserves.
pass strongly
We're doing everything we can to pass it. We feel very strongly about the ban.
bill continuing focused trying votes
We're continuing to do everything we can to get the bill through the House. We're focused on trying to get the 60 votes we need.
approve budget budgets confident emerge final meets needs people
There is going to be give and take in the final budget. We're confident we are going to emerge with a budget that meets the needs of the governor, the legislators who approve it and the people of this state.
answering attorney discussing general opinion
We had been discussing with them, answering questions, but didn't know the attorney general would be issuing an opinion today.