WEB 5P GOVERNOR'S VETO OVERRIDDEN

INTERSTITIAL]] WE BEGIN WITH TWO BREAKING STORIES. ] FIRST, JUST AN HOUR AGO, THE STATE SENATE VOTED TO OVERRIDE GOVERNER RAUNER’S VETO ON THE SCHOOL FUNDING BILL. ] THE SENATE VOTED 38 TO 19 TO REJECT THE AMENDATORY VETO. THE GOVERNOR CALLED S-B ONE A BAILOUT FOR CHICAGO WHILE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM OTHER NEEDY DISTRICTS. THE OVERRIDE NOW MOVES TO THE HOUSE WHERE IT NEEDS A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY TO PASS. MAYOR EMANUEL RELEASED A STATEMENT A SHORT WHILE AGO, SAYING, QUOTE, “THE SENATE’S OVERRIDE VOTE IS A BIPARTISAN REJECTION OF THE GOVERNOR’S DIVISIVE POLITICS AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO PIT CHILDREN AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.”