Senate deal to end Illinois budget impasse grinds to haltCHICAGO (Reuters) - Movement on a bipartisan deal to end Illinois’ record budget impasse halted on Wednesday with the Democratic head of the state Senate pinning the blame on Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. The Senate had been scheduled to continue voting on a package of legislation negotiated by Senate President John Cullerton and Republican Leader Christine Radogno in an effort to end Illinois’ 20-month budget stalemate. The chamber passed some of the bills on Tuesday. But Cullerton told the chamber on Wednesday that Rauner “decided to inject himself in this process and doesn’t want this approved in this form,” a move, he said, that removed Republican votes for the bills. “For now we are in a holding pattern,” Cullerton said, adding that the chamber would be ready to start voting again “as soon as we get word there is Republican support.” Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said while some progress has been made, “more work is needed to achieve a good deal for taxpayers.” Although the governor has not been involved in the Senate negotiations, his proposed fiscal 2018 budget incorporates aspects of the deal to fill a funding gap. Illinois, the nation’s fifth-largest state, is limping through a record-setting second consecutive fiscal year without a complete budget due to an ongoing feud between Rauner and Democrats who control the legislature. A six-month fiscal 2017 budget expired on Dec. 31. The state’s pile of unpaid bills has mushroomed to $12 billion, while its unfunded pension liability has climbed to $130 billion. As a result, Illinois’ credit ratings, which have been downgraded six times since January 2015, are the lowest among the 50 states. The Senate’s bipartisan legislative package includes bills to complete the fiscal 2017 budget, hike taxes, cut pension costs by about $1 billion annually, authorize borrowing to pay down the bill pile, expand casino gaming and freeze local property taxes.  All of the bills are tied to each other, so that if one failed to pass the entire package would go down. While Cullerton expressed frustration with the governor’s action during a post-session press conference, Radogno was more optimistic.  “I know the governor will be joining us to get in trying to get that done,” she said on the Senate floor. “We need to get this done and done soon.” politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Senate deal to end Illinois budget impasse grinds to haltCHICAGO (Reuters) - Movement on a bipartisan deal to end Illinois’ record budget impasse halted on Wednesday with the Democratic head of the state Senate pinning the blame on Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. The Senate had been scheduled to continue voting on a package of legislation negotiated by Senate President John Cullerton and Republican Leader Christine Radogno in an effort to end Illinois’ 20-month budget stalemate. The chamber passed some of the bills on Tuesday. But Cullerton told the chamber on Wednesday that Rauner “decided to inject himself in this process and doesn’t want this approved in this form,” a move, he said, that removed Republican votes for the bills. “For now we are in a holding pattern,” Cullerton said, adding that the chamber would be ready to start voting again “as soon as we get word there is Republican support.” Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said while some progress has been made, “more work is needed to achieve a good deal for taxpayers.” Although the governor has not been involved in the Senate negotiations, his proposed fiscal 2018 budget incorporates aspects of the deal to fill a funding gap. Illinois, the nation’s fifth-largest state, is limping through a record-setting second consecutive fiscal year without a complete budget due to an ongoing feud between Rauner and Democrats who control the legislature. A six-month fiscal 2017 budget expired on Dec. 31. The state’s pile of unpaid bills has mushroomed to $12 billion, while its unfunded pension liability has climbed to $130 billion. As a result, Illinois’ credit ratings, which have been downgraded six times since January 2015, are the lowest among the 50 states. The Senate’s bipartisan legislative package includes bills to complete the fiscal 2017 budget, hike taxes, cut pension costs by about $1 billion annually, authorize borrowing to pay down the bill pile, expand casino gaming and freeze local property taxes.  All of the bills are tied to each other, so that if one failed to pass the entire package would go down. While Cullerton expressed frustration with the governor’s action during a post-session press conference, Radogno was more optimistic.  “I know the governor will be joining us to get in trying to get that done,” she said on the Senate floor. “We need to get this done and done soon.” politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: senate deal end illinois budget impasse grind haltchicago reuters movement bipartisan deal end illinois record budget impasse halted wednesday democratic head state senate pinning blame republican governor bruce rather the senate scheduled continue voting package legislation negotiated senate president john cullerton republican leader christine radon effort end illinois budget stalemate the chamber passed bills tuesday but cullerton told chamber wednesday rather decided inject process want approved form move said removed republican votes bills for holding pattern cullerton said adding chamber would ready start voting soon get word republican rather spokeswoman catherine kelly said progress made work needed achieve good deal although governor involved senate negotiations proposed fiscal budget incorporates aspects deal fill funding gap illinois nation state living second consecutive fiscal year without complete budget due ongoing feud rather democrats control legislature a fiscal budget expired the state pile unpaid bills mushroom billion unfounded pension liability climbed billion as result illinois credit ratings downgraded six times since january lowest among states the senate bipartisan legislative package includes bills complete fiscal budget hike taxes cut pension costs billion annually authorize borrowing pay bill pile expand casino gaming freeze local property taxes all bills tied one failed pass entire package would go while cullerton expressed frustration governor action press conference radon optimistic i know governor joining us get trying get done said senate floor we need get done done politicsnews