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For Immediate Release – June 30, 2021
Americans For Prosperity – Illinois Hosts Facebook Live with Congressman Rodney Davis on Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Proposal
SPRINGFIELD, IL – This morning, Americans For Prosperity – Illinois (AFP-IL) hosted a Facebook Live discussion with Congressman Rodney Davis about the so-called “infrastructure” proposal coming out of the White House. Congressman Davis, AFP-IL State Director Jason Heffley, and AFP Regional Director David From spoke about the lack of bipartisanship in this proposal, the special interest money that is included in the massive spending bill, and the political gamesmanship being utilized in Washington DC to pass this multi-trillion dollar bill that will raise taxes on Illinois families.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a pair of bills Friday that redraw state legislative and appellate court districts, despite the fact that official U.S Census data needed to ensure equal representation
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a pair of bills Friday that redraw state legislative and appellate court districts, despite the fact that official U.S Census data needed to ensure equal representation has not yet been delivered.
In a statement released Friday afternoon, Pritzker said he signed the measures after reviewing the maps to make sure they complied with state and federal law by ensuring minority representation. Illinois strength is in our diversity, and these maps help to ensure that communities that have been left out and left behind have fair representation in our government, Pritzker said in the statement. These district boundaries align with both the federal and state Voting Rights Acts, which help to ensure our diverse communities have electoral power and fair representation.
Congressman Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, was in Springfield Thursday to argue the proposed General Assembly maps Democrats passed last Friday divide up communities like Springfield.
Credit Derek Cantù/ NPR Illinois
The Illinois General Assembly this week approved a measure making multiple changes to election procedures, including pushing back the 2022 primary election from its usual mid-March date to the end of June.
COVID-19 delayed the release of official 2020 U.S. Census data to states, but Democrats who control the legislative process in Illinois trudged forward anyway on their decennial redrawing of legislative district boundary lines to avoid giving Republicans a 50/50 chance at controlling the maps if they weren’t approved by Gov. JB Pritzker by June 30,
Democrats also used non-Census data to draw a new map for the Illinois Supreme Court’s five districts for the first time in 60 years, as well as the Cook County Board of Review. But they are waiting to draw new congressional districts, and counties don’t have a hard and fast deadline to redistrict boundaries for seats on county boards.