Illinois State Representatives Tony McCombie and Patrick Windhorst answer questions about the House Republican Reimagine Illinois platform.

Illinois State Representatives Tim Butler and Amy Elik answer questions about Reimagine Illinois and redistricting. 

Illinois State Representatives Chris Bos and Jackie Haas answer questions about the House Republican Reimagine Illinois platform.

Illinois State Representatives Avery Bourne and Tom Demmer answer questions about House Republicans' new platform called Reimagine Illinois.

Last week, House Republican Leader Tom Cross and State Representative Ron Sandack unveiled a comprehensive package of bills that aim to make state and local government more accountable to taxpayers.  We covered it here on the blog.

In this video, watch Leader Cross and Representative Sandack walk through their proposal.

House Republican Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) speaks against House Bill 190 ($2 billion in new spending) on the House floor. Leader Cross released the following statement immediately following the passage of the bill by the House Dems.

Via TomCross.com.

“Democrats jammed through a $2 billion spending bill today at a time when our focus must be on forcing the state to live within its means, prioritizing the limited resources we have available to spend, and reforming our government. While the bill includes some items that have merit, Democrats unfortunately bogged it down with millions in unnecessary and irresponsible spending. Today’s action is just another example of how the Democrat majority in Springfield has spent us into the fiscal mess we are trying to clean up.”