Illinois Veto
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Talk about bipartisan...
Here's the Illinois legislature:
Here's the vote on the bill.
If every Republican had voted for the bill, another 17 Democrat senators and another 47 Democrat representatives would have voted in favor as well.
Enough voted in favor of the bill to allow a veto override (required 3/5 majority). But, knowing how politics works in Illinois, I doubt that many would vote to override.
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Freeze in the dark, ya bastards....
Seriously, where do these people think the energy is going to come from to power the economy?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Freeze in the dark, ya bastards....
Seriously, where do these people think the energy is going to come from to power the economy?
@Jolly said in Illinois Veto:
Freeze in the dark, ya bastards....
What I find amazing is how overwhelming the vote in favor of nuclear was - or at least in favor of ending the prohibition.
I wonder who our "fat man" is beholden to for this veto.
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The (bill) passed in May with three-fifths majorities in both legislative chambers, meaning that if all of the members that voted for it also support an override of the governor’s veto, it still could become law. Its Senate sponsor, state Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, said she has already filed paperwork to bring the bill up in the legislature’s fall veto session scheduled for late October and early November.
The governor said in a message to lawmakers explaining his veto that he did it “at the request of the leadership team of the Speaker of the House and advocates.”
While Pritzker said he saw “real potential” in small modular reactors, or SMRs – a type of “advanced” nuclear reactor that proponents tout as a path forward for the industry – he also said he doesn’t think the legislation goes far enough in regulating the nascent technology...
Beyond waste, environmental advocates also say that focusing on nuclear power diverts attention and resources away from the development of wind, solar and battery storage technology.
“SB76 would have opened the door to increased risk, negative environmental impacts, and higher costs for consumers while jeopardizing our progress toward Illinois’ clean energy future,” Sierra Club Illinois Director Jack Darin said in a Friday news release.
"diverts attention and resources away from the development of wind, solar and battery storage technology."
Sorta the point, no?
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Freeze in the dark, ya bastards....
Seriously, where do these people think the energy is going to come from to power the economy?
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@Jolly said in Illinois Veto:
Seriously, where do these people think the energy is going to come from to power the economy?
Hope and faith and love for the Earth?
