By WEEK Reporter
July 15, 2015Updated Jul 16, 2015 at 10:23 AM CDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Senate passed a temporary stop gap spending plan while no state budget is in place and lawmakers remain at an impasse.
Gov. Rauner has been vocal in his opposition to the $2.3 billion temporary budget and vetoed the bill as soon as it hit his desk Wednesday afternoon.
But the senate can still override that veto.
In fact, the Senate overrode a number of gubernatorial budget vetoes today. All bills passed with at least three-fifths required votes.
The House now has 15 days to do the same.
Republicans say the social services now funded by the overrides are going to suffer more when the state runs out of money.
"This puts us on a path to basically just cementing in an out of balance unconstitutional budget," said State Sen. Matt Murphy.
"It addresses key essential services, key components of the budget to make sure we continue to invest in the people of our state," explained State Sen. Dan Kotowski. "Make sure they have every opportunity to lead a good quality of life."
There were originally 18 total budget bills vetoed. Five were overridden Wednesday.
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