Democrats tout their agenda

With the 2018 election in sight, legislative Democrats are telling the public where they want to take the state of Illinois.

When then-candidate Bruce Rauner ran for governor of Illinois, his campaign was based on energizing the state's economy, reforming state government and straightening out the state's desperate financial woes.

He hasn't had much luck persuading the Democrat-controlled General Assembly to adopt his "Turnaround Agenda." Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has rejected his proposals in toto, sparking a two-year state budget standoff that shows no signs of coming to an end.

With the 2018 gubernatorial elections in sight, Springfield Democrats have now fielded an "Illinois Comeback Agenda" of their own, one that stands in sharp contrast with that of Rauner's.

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