{"id":672014,"date":"2010-02-22T16:58:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T21:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/cullerton-questions-gop-candidate-on-budget-plan"},"modified":"2010-02-22T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T21:58:57","slug":"cullerton-questions-gop-candidate-on-budget-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/672014","title":{"rendered":"Cullerton Questions GOP Candidate On Budget Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHICAGO (AP)<\/strong> \u2015 Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is challenging Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady to present his own budget plan as the state struggles with a whopping deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\nCullerton on Monday said he doubted Brady&#8217;s suggestion that he could fix the state&#8217;s finances without an income tax increase.<\/p>\n<p>\nCullerton says the state senator from Bloomington should detail his plans to cut the budget and fix the deficit ahead of the November election.<\/p>\n<p>\nBrady has said the state doesn&#8217;t need an income tax increase.<\/p>\n<p>\nCullerton&#8217;s Senate has already passed an income tax increase but the idea went nowhere in the Illinois House. Gov. Pat Quinn has also proposed raising the income tax.<\/p>\n<p>\nBrady leads state Sen. <span id=\"more-20943\"><\/span>Kirk Dillard in the Republican race for governor, although the results haven&#8217;t yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\n(\u00a9 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a  href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5624615\" title=\"Cullerton Questions GOP Candidate On Budget Plan\" rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OWbGetjssvWHLCVfGfdDSzuMb6U\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OWbGetjssvWHLCVfGfdDSzuMb6U\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OWbGetjssvWHLCVfGfdDSzuMb6U\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/OWbGetjssvWHLCVfGfdDSzuMb6U\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=PoeayKblaUo:SjHcqmwYFss:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=PoeayKblaUo:SjHcqmwYFss:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=PoeayKblaUo:SjHcqmwYFss:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=PoeayKblaUo:SjHcqmwYFss:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/PoeayKblaUo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2015 Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is challenging Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady to present his own budget plan as the state struggles with a whopping deficit. Cullerton on Monday said he doubted Brady&#8217;s suggestion that he could fix the state&#8217;s finances without an income tax increase. 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