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DonP

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2. "Introduced"? Let us know if it passes
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 03:06 PM
Apr 2016

Or even gets out of committee.

Any 1st year Illinois back bencher can "introduce" a piece of legislation, if Mike Madigan allows it.

Getting it in and out of several committees, a third reading on the floor and maybe, eventually, a vote before the end of the session and fiscal year is another story. But that part is hard work.

But it's easy to understand how desperate you are to claim a gun control win of some type.

I suppose you'll be filing witness slips right? The Illinois State Rifle Assn. has already filed over a thousand "Opposed" so far. You should have no trouble getting far more than that to support it. Right?

So when a bill gets "introduced", is now what passes for a "win" for you?

What are the odds that you'll actually keep track of this bill and post the results when it dies in committee?

Pathetic.

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