Rumors from some Illinois politicans in the know are saying that Dick Durbin will not run for another term due to health problems and the likely replacement will be IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Durbin: Feds to write $165 million check to state for unused prison
Wolf chairs a House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the prison spending. The congressman vehemently opposed the move by the administration and said the “timing of this $165 million windfall to the president’s home state of Illinois,” shortly before the Nov. 6 general election “is suspect.” The prison is expected to draw workers and business from neighboring Iowa, a swing state where Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are battling.
“President Obama’s unprecedented directive to Attorney General Holder to circumvent Congress to purchase Thomson prison is deeply troubling,” Wolf said in a statement. “It directly violates the clear objection of the House Appropriations Committee and goes against the bipartisan objections of members in the House and Senate, who have noted that approving this request would allow Thomson to take precedence over previously funded prisons in Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia and New Hampshire.”
So, Congress, what are you going to do about it?